British Campaign Medals of the First World War

Informationen zum Autor Peter Duckers has been a collector of British orders, decorations and medals for over forty years and has written extensively on various aspects of the hobby. He is Curator of the Shropshire Regimental Museum in Shrewsbury Castle. Klappentext Britain has issued medals rewarding war service since at least the early nineteenth century, and increasingly through the period of its imperial expansion, but examples of many of the early types are now scarce. However, few families escaped some involvement with the 'Great War' of 1914-18 and many still treasure the medals awarded to their ancestors for wartime service. Today, with a growing interest in British military history and particularly in family history and genealogy, increasing numbers of people want to trace their ancestors' past. This book looks in detail at the origin, types and varieties of the British medals awarded for general war service between 1914 and 1918, and gives advice on researching the awards and their recipients.A detailed survey of medals awarded for service in the First World War, for collectors, family historians and those interested in military history. Zusammenfassung "British Campaign Medals of the First World War". Inhaltsverzeichnis ?Introduction / British Campaign Medals Awarded for 1914-18 / Designated Theatres of War / The 1914-18 Memorial Plaque / Other British Awards / Researching British Campaign Medals / The Allied Victory Medal / Allies and Enemies: Some Foreign Campaign Medals / Further Information / Index

Product details

• Authors: Peter Duckers, Duckers Peter
• Publisher: SHIRE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.08.2011
• EAN: 9780747808435
• ISBN: 978-0-7478-0843-5
• No. of pages: 56
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 208 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Shire Library; Shire Library
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Collecting, collectors' catalogues; Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); First World War, HISTORY / Military / World War I, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Reference, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1910 to c 1919, Collecting coins, banknotes, medals and other related items, Military institutions, Militaria, arms and armour, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I, World War 1; World War I; WW1; WWI