Medal Collection (page 11)

A German iron commemorative medal - 1916
An iron commemorative medal inscribed - Gold gab ich zur wehr eisen nahm ich zur ehr (I gave gold and was given iron in its place) and In eiserner zeit - 1916. Commemorative Ware

Copy of German original medallion - sinking of the Lusitania
This is a British strike of the German original medallion made to celebrate the sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine on the 7th May 1915

Death Plaque in the name of Private Frederick George Styles
Death Plaque in the name of 7134 Private Frederick George Styles, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Born Lambeth, Surrey. Enlisted London

Death Plaque of Corporal Henry Leonard Amess
Death Plaque in the name of 290043 Corporal Henry Leonard Amess, 1st/10th (T.F.) Battalion, Duke of Cambridges Own (Middlesex Regiment). Born Hammersmith, London. Enlisted Shepherds Bush, Middlesex

Miniature portrait of an Officer of the Suffolk Regiment. The Officer is wearing the Distinguished Service Order Medal ribbon. Framed inside a leather and velvet case. Mrs. E. M. Barree

Miniature - Officer of the Worcestershire Regiment
Miniature portrait of an Officer of the Worcestershire Regiment, c. 1915, wearing the Distinguished Service Order medal ribbon. English School

Silver award medal made into a brooch inscribed, on reverse British Expeditionary Force - Recreational Training with a laurel wreath on the front. Commemorative Ware

Prussian Pioneer Major wearing Iron Cross, 2nd Class
Portrait of a Prussian Pioneer Major wearing Iron Cross, 2nd Class. By Otto Dinger (1860-1928)

Boy of 3rd Bahamas Scout Troop in torchlight parade
Godfrey Burnside of 3rd Bahamas Scout Troop in a torchlight parade, part of the Constitution Day celebrations in Nassau, Bahamas

Our Father which art in heaven by W. Holyoake, 1873
A charity child at prayer, described as wearing in the costume of the Bloomsbury Charity(possibly a reference to the clothing worn at the Foundling Hospital.) Date: 1873

Shah of Persia on visit to Britain
Group photo of dignitaries during a visit to Britain of the Shah of Persia, Nasr-Ed-Din (Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar) (1831-1896), seen here in the centre. Date: 1873

Prince Arthur of Connaught in France, WW1
Prince Arthur of Connaught decorating a French sergeant on the Western Front during World War One. Watching is General Fayolle, Commander of the 6th Army. Date: circa 1916

King George V and Lt Knox, Western Front, WW1
King George V congratulates Lt Knox after presenting him with the Victoria Cross during World War One. Date: 1918

Arthur, Prince of Connaught and French General, WW1
Arthur, Prince of Connaught presents a military decoration to a French General on the Western Front during World War One. Two men in the background stand with their cameras at the ready

Roll of awards in hall of French chateau, Western Front, WW1
The roll of awards for the Victoria Cross in the hall of a French chateau on the Western Front during World War One. The names are Fleming-Sands, Hallowes and Bennett. Date: circa 1916

Ethel Catherwood
Ethel Mary Catherwood (1908-1987), Canadian athlete and winner of the first womens Olympic gold medal in the high jump at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games, setting a world record in the process

Tommy Hampson collapsed after 800m win, 1932 Olympics
Thomas " Tommy" Hampson (1907 1965), British athlete, winner of the 800 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Pictured on the front cover of the Illustrated Sporting

Polish army officer, WW1
A Polish army officer during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

General von Kluck, German army officer, WW1
Alexander Heinrich Rudolph von Kluck (1846-1934), German general during the First World War. He also served in the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian Wars. Date: circa 1914-1918

British midget submarine attack by G. H. Davis
One of the Second World Wars most daring exploits: the British midget submarine (XE3) attack which gained VCs for Lieutenant Ian Fraser RNR and Leading Seaman James Magennis

Lelio
Harlequin illustration, showing Lelio in top hat, cloak, trousers and jacket. Date: 1923

Amedee Courbet - French Naval Admiral
Anatole-Amedee-Prosper Courbet (18271885) - French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign (18836) and the Sino-French War (1884-5). Date: 1880

Tassigny Photo
General JEAN de LATTRE DE TASSIGNY French military commander, here seen pinning a medal on his son Bernard in 1951. Date: 1889 - 1952

Dr A. A. Griffith (left) receives the Royal Aeronautical ?
Dr A.A. Griffith (left) receives the Royal Aeronautical Society?s Silver Medal in 1955 from N.E. Rowe, RAeS President

Sir Sydney Camm, CBE, FRAeS, 1893-1966, RAeS President 1?
Sir Sydney Camm, CBE, FRAeS, 1893-1966, RAeS President 1954-1955, right, presents H.B. Howard with the Royal Aeronautical Society Bronze Medal prior to the 42nd Wilbur Wright Lecture on 20 May 1954

Dr E. S. Moult, left, Royal Aeronatical Society President?
Dr E.S. Moult, left, Royal Aeronatical Society President 1960-1961 is presented with his Royal Aeronautical Society Silver Medal by E.T

Mr Smith, left, is presented with the British Gold Medal?
Mr Smith, left, is presented with the British Gold Medal posthumously awarded to his father, Joe Smith, by E.T. Jones, CB, OBE, MEng, FRAeS, Royal Aeronautical Society President 1956-1957

J. W. Barnes, left, is presented with his Royal Aeronauti?
J.W. Barnes, left, is presented with his Royal Aeronautical Society Bronze Medal by E.T. Jones, CB, OBE, MEng, FRAeS, Royal Aeronautical Society President 1956-1957

Sir William Farren, left, Royal Aeronatical Society Pres?
Sir William Farren, left, Royal Aeronatical Society President 1953-1954 is presented with his Royal Aeronautical Society Gold Medal by E.T

N. E. Rowe, CBE, FRAeS, Royal Aeronautical Society Presid?
N.E. Rowe, CBE, FRAeS, Royal Aeronautical Society President 1955-1956, hands over the medal of office to E.T. Jones, CB, OBE, MEng, FRAeS, RAeS President 1956-1957

Sergeant-Major Flora Sandes - British Woman in Serbian Army
Flora Sandes (22 January 1876 24 November 1956) was the only British woman officially to serve as a soldier in World War I. Initially a St

WW1 - General Gallieni - The Energetic Defender of Paris
WW1 - French Military - Joseph General Gallieni (1849-1916) - The " Energetic Defender of Paris" - French Minister of War 1915-16) Date: circa 1914

Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (1891-1942) - involved in the murder of the Mad Monk Grigori Rasputin (in 1916). One of the few Romanovs not to be murdered by the Bolsheviks. Date: circa 1910

Umberto I, King of Italy (1844-1900) - postcard published on the anniversary of his death Date: 1900

King of Serbia - Alexander 1st (1876-1903) - assassinated (along with his wife, Queen Draga) by a group of Army officers, led by Colonel Dragutin Dimitrijevic. Date: circa 1900

Tunisian Spahi Officer with his pet Gazelle - Tunisia. Spahis were light cavalry regiments of the French army recruited primarily from the indigenous populations of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco

Turkish Gentleman with medal ribbon and fez Date: circa 1910s

Physiognomy - Northern Russian Type - Woman (1 / 2)
Physiognomy - Northern Russian Type - Woman (1/2) - full face front view. Date: 1902

Former Colonial Moroccan Rifleman - with Arab Medal
Former Colonial Moroccan Rifleman - with Franco-Arab Service Medal. Date: circa 1910s

The New Zealand General Service Badge - " Glorious in Battle for Freedom & Right". Date: circa 1910s

Mahmut Sevket Pasa and chief staff
Mahmut Sevket Pasa (18561913) and chief staff - Ottoman soldier and statesman who, in 1909, suppressed a religious uprising, forced the subsequent deposition of Sultan Abdulhamid II

Russian Polar Explorer - Ernst Teodorovich Krenkel
A superb portrait of Ernst Teodorovich Krenkel (1903-1971) - a Soviet Arctic explorer, radio operator, doctor of geographical sciences (1938)

Earl of Minto
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845-1914) - Governor-General of Canada (1898-1904) and Viceroy Governor-General of India (1905-1910)

World War One - France - Legion of Honour
National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Lez© on d honneur) - " How it is won". Patriotic French postcard of World War One era. Date: circa 1917

Medals of Valour for Heroes of Pit Disasters
Postcard celebrating (with a poem) the medals of Valour awarded by King Edward VII to the Heroes of the Pit Disasters at Whitehaven

Decorating a Canadian Soldier - WWI
Decorating a valiant Canadian Lance-Corporal with the DCM on the field of Battle - WWI. The Distinguished Conduct Medal - a second level military decoration awarded to other ranks of the British Army

Manuel II of Portugal (as a boy)
King Manuel II of Portugal as a boy (1889-1932) - the last King of Portugal, from 1908 to 1910. Exiled to Twickenham, London after the Republican Revolution of 1910

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