Chapter XVIII: A History of One's Collection 317

Reasons for compiling a history of one's collection--The
part played by photographs--Armour suggested as an
example--Material for grangerizing

BIBLIOGRAPHY 323

INDEX 337

ILLUSTRATIONS

LIST OF PLATES

A BRONZE MEDALLION OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON _Frontispiece_

PAGE

QUEEN VICTORIA'S CHOCOLATE BOX SENT TO THE SOLDIERS
FIGHTING IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1900 23

PRINCESS MARY'S CHRISTMAS BOX SENT TO THE SOLDIERS
FIGHTING IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, 1914 23

BADGE OF THE QUEEN'S (ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT)
2ND FOOT 33

BADGE OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S (WILTSHIRE REGIMENT) 33

BADGE OF THE KING'S (LIVERPOOL REGIMENT) 33

BADGE OF THE ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT 33

BADGE OF THE ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS 43

BADGE OF THE ROYAL FUSILIERS (CITY OF LONDON REGIMENT) 43

BADGE OF THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS (5TH BATTALION) 43

BADGE OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY 43

SOME REGIMENTAL BUTTONS 49

A HORSE AMULET BEARING THE DEVICE OF THE ROYAL
FUSILIERS 57

HELMET PLATE OF THE ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY 57

A SLEEVE FROM A COAT OF THE OLD 2ND (SOUTH MIDDLESEX)
VOLUNTEER REGIMENT 67

A BELT BUCKLE FROM THE SAME REGIMENT 67

A FLINT-LOCK PISTOL 77

THE ACTION PART OF THE ABOVE 77

THE BARREL OF A GUN ORNAMENTED WITH A TWIN HEAD
OF MINERVA 85

AN OLD POWDER-FLASK 85

A SOUTH AFRICAN POM-POM SHELL AND A MARTINI-HENRI
CARTRIDGE 93

CARTRIDGES AS USED IN THE GREAT WAR. FROM LEFT TO
RIGHT: GERMAN, FRENCH, BELGIAN, AND BRITISH 93

AN OLD SWORD WITH STRAIGHT CROSS-GUARDS 101

AN ITALIAN DAGGER HAVING A REPLICA OF THE FAMOUS
COLUMN OF ST. MARK FOR GRIP 101

ROYALIST BADGE WORN BY THE PARTISANS OF CHARLES I 109

THE CRIMEAN MEDAL 117

THE GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, 1793-1814 123

THE AFGHAN MEDAL 123

SOUTH AFRICAN MEDAL, 1877-9 123

THE INDIAN MUTINY MEDAL 133

THE CHINA MEDAL, 1842-60 145

THE EGYPTIAN MEDAL, 1882-9 145

THE SUTLEJ MEDAL 157

THE PUNJAB MEDAL 157

THE THIRD INDIAN GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL 157

THE QUEEN AND KING'S SOUTH AFRICAN MEDALS, 1899-1902 171
(The same reverse was used for both pieces)

A CHECK TO CORSICAN ASSURANCE 191
By Cruikshank

NAPOLEON'S CARRIAGE ARRIVING AT THE LONDON MUSEUM 199
By Cruikshank

A SINGULAR TRAIT OF BUONAPARTE'S FAVOURITE MAMELUKE 207
By Cruikshank

A BATTLEFIELD SOUVENIR PICKED UP ON THE PLAINS OF
FLANDERS 217

(The same helmet is shown with and without the cloth covering)

A BATTLEFIELD SOUVENIR BEARING VERSES SHOWING THE
BLOODTHIRSTY NATURE OF THE TYROLESE PEASANT AND
SOLDIER 227

AN OLD MUG BEARING THE FAMOUS PICTURE DEPICTING
"THE DEATH OF WOLFE" 237

A SOLDIER'S COMMUNICATION POSTED DURING THE SOUTH
AFRICAN WAR 245

A SIMILAR COMMUNICATION FROM "SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE" 245

A POST-CARD RECEIVED FROM A SOLDIER IN FRANCE BEARING
STEREOTYPED GREETINGS 257

MONEY OF THE GREAT REBELLION, 1642-9 265

(1. Newark sixpence--2. Colchester gold half unite--3. Pontefract
two-shilling piece--4. Ormond half-crown--5. Dublin crown of
Charles II)

GUN MONEY OF JAMES II 271

(1. Sixpence--2. Sixpence--3. Shilling--4. Shilling--5.
Half-crown--6. Half-crown--7. Half-crown--8. Half-crown)

GUN MONEY OF JAMES II 277
(9. Shilling--10. Shilling--11. Half-crown--12. Half-crown--13.
Half-crown--14. Crown--15. Crown--16. Limerick farthing)

PAPER MONEY OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, 1793 283

OBSIDIONAL HALF-FRANC NOTE OF EPERNAY 291

OBSIDIONAL FRANC NOTE OF EPERNAY 291

A NEWSPAPER POSTER WHICH TOLD OF WELCOME NEWS 297

A SET OF BONE DOMINOES CARVED BY PRISONERS TAKEN IN
THE NAPOLEONIC WARS, AND INTERNED IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
OF PETERBOROUGH 297

AN INTERESTING BROADSIDE PRINTED AT THE FAMOUS
CATNACH PRESS, BEING ONE OF A SERIES DESCRIBING
INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER 313

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT

ARMOUR HEADGEAR 75

WEAPONS 99

A MEDALLION STRUCK IN HONOUR OF JULIUS CÆSAR 186

MEDALLION COMMEMORATING THE VICTORY OF THE BATTLE
OF THE BOYNE 187

MEDALLION COMMEMORATING THE FALL OF JAMES II 187

TWO MARLBOROUGH MEDALLIONS 188

MEDALLION COMMEMORATING THE BATTLE OF OUDENARDE 189

MEDALLION COMMEMORATING THE SURRENDER OF LILLE 189

MEDALLION COMMEMORATING THE BATTLE OF DUNBLANE 190

MEDALLION COMMEMORATING THE BATTLE OF DETTINGEN 190

MEDALLION COMMEMORATING THE BATTLE OF MINDEN 193

THE OLDEST ENGLISH BRASS 215

FACSIMILE OF A PORTION OF A LETTER WRITTEN BY
CROMWELL TO LENTHALL, ANNOUNCING THE VICTORY
OF NASEBY 225

AUTOGRAPH LETTER WRITTEN BY NAPOLEON III TO WILLIAM I
OF GERMANY AFTER THE BATTLE OF SEDAN 231

SOME AUTOGRAPHS OF NOTED SOLDIERS 235

SOME HISTORIC POST-MARKS USED ON MILITARY CORRESPONDENCE 252

A CUTTING FROM "THE TIMES" OF NOVEMBER 9, 1796 308

_ACKNOWLEDGMENT_

_The Author wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to Dr. Philip Nelson for the loan of the valuable coins which figure in the illustrations on pages 265, 271, and 277; to Mr. Tom Satterthwaite for the loan of many of the medals depicted in these pages; to Mr. Leonard Baggott for the loan of arms; to Messrs. Henry Sotheran for permission to reproduce three Cruikshank prints; to Messrs. Spink & Son for permission to reproduce the Royalist Badge; also to Mr. Edwin Johnson, B.Sc., and Mr. James Pryor for the loan of various curios included in the following pages._

_The Author also wishes to state that in forming his own collection of military curios he has gained much helpful assistance from "The Connoisseur"; from C. H. Ashdown's "British and Foreign Arms and Armour"; from J. H. Mayo's "Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy"; from D. H. Irwin's "War Medals and Decorations"; from Ralph Nevill's "British Military Prints"; from Edward Beaumont's works dealing with Brasses; and from the authorities of the Royal United Service Museum._