Medals Collection (page 5)

LFB-LCC Harrow Fire Brigade group photo. Back row: W Ensten, J L Stanford, A King (Driver), G Bevington (Driver), A Nicholls (Driver), A Beamon, T Silk

LCC-LFB Greenwich Station firemen, Challenge Cup winners for Smartest Turn Out, 1920. Date: 1920

LFB Fulham Fire Station firemen, SW London
Group photo, LFB Fulham Fire Station firemen, SW London. Date: circa 1900s

LCC-LFB firemen, winners of a trophy, Olympia 1912
LCC-LFB firemen in a group photo. Several of them are wearing medals, and at the centre is a trophy with rosette, Olympia 1912. Date: 1912

LFB-LCC Harrow Fire Brigade with engine outside the fire station building. Back row: 3rd Officer Mann, Escape Foreman Putman, Foreman Webb

William Thomas Stead - Newspaper editor and Peace campaigner
A Pushing Stead. William Thomas Stead (18491912) - English newspaper editor who, pioneer of investigative journalism and peace campaigner. Died in the sinking of the Titanic

Lord Roberts
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832 - 1914), British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time. Date: 1913

Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) (1841 - 1910), King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British. Date: circa 1890s

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850 - 1916), Irish-born senior British Army officer and colonial administrator

German Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941). He reigned from 15 June 1888 until his abdication on 9 November 1918 shortly before Germanys defeat in World War I. Date: circa 1910

WW1 - French Zouave soldiers - awarded The Croix de Guerre
Two Zouave soldiers awarded The Croix de guerre (plus star) for their role in combat during WW1. This medal was commonly bestowed on foreign military forces allied to France

Russian general Astrukoff. Colored engraving, 1877
Astrukoff. Russian General in the Russian-Turkish War of 1877-1878. Engraving by Carretero. Spanish and American Illustration, 1877. Colored engraving

Advert for Elkington Co - Original date coins June 1902 Advert for Elkington
Advertisement for a selection of medals and coins in bronze, silver or gold, for the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra on the 26th June 1902

Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) Date: 1927

LAWRENCE MYERS, ATHLETE
Lawrence Lon E. Myers was one of the greatest runners of the 19th century, winning 15 American National titles and holding three world records between 1880-1888. Date: 1858 - 1899

GUYNEMER IN HIS NIEUPORT
GEORGES GUYNEMER Both popular hero and an airman of distinction, Guynemer won many medals in his prolific career Date: 1916

ALEXANDER III 1891
ALEXANDER III Tsar of Russia (1881-94) Date: 1845 - 1894

ALEXANDER I (1888 - 1934), Prince of Serbia and King of Yugoslavia (1921-34)

CARL WILHELM FERDINAND DUKE OF BRAUNSCHWEIG German royalty and military Date: 1735 - 1806

PICNIC WITH OX TONGUES
Four picnickers enjoy Poulton & Noels Belgravian Rolled Ox Tongues, winners of Gold Medals at London and Antwerp Date: 1895

For Love and the King, by C Watson Mill, Mansfield
For Love and the King, by C Watson Mill, at the Grand Theatre, Mansfield. 1909

Alexandre Baudot - Malakoff Historical Clarion - Bugler
Mr. Jean Louis Alexandre Baudot (1834-1911), delegate of the Society of Combatants of Gravelotte and the Army of the Rhine, at the Commemorative Ceremony on August 16 at Mars-la-Tour

Field Marshal Alexander - Count Suwarof
Count Alexander Suwarof Rymnikski (1730-1800) - Prince, Field Marshal and General of the Russian army. Date: circa 1790

Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, WW1
Lord Kitchener (Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, 1850-1916), Secretary of State for War from 1914 to his death in 1916. circa 1914

Bogdan Zimonjic - Serbian Orthodox priest, and Voivode
Bogdan Zimonjic, (1813-1909) - Serbian Orthodox priest, and Voivode (military commander) in two major uprisings against the Ottoman Empire in 19th-century Herzegovina (185262 and 187578)

Emilio Bravo (1827-1893). Colored engraving
Emilio Bravo (1827-1893). Spanish jurist. Engraving of The Spanish and American Illustration, 1892. Colored

Juan Jose Flores (1800-1864). Portrait
Juan Jose Flores (1800-1864). President of Ecuador. Portrait. Hall of Presidents. Government Palace. Quito. Ecuador

Women police officers at passing out parade, London
Two women police officers in uniform, with medals, at a Cadet School passing out parade, London, in the summer of 1981. Date: 1981

Rosa Bonheur and Medals
MARIE ROSALIE BONHEUR This great French artist, by the end of her life, was (literally) loaded with honours. She liked to paint cows & other country subjects. Date: 1822-1899

Mussolini / 1929 Poster
BENITO MUSSOLINI Italian dictator giving a rousing speech Date: 1883 - 1945

Kaiser Wilhelm II - German Emperor
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859 - 1941), third German Emperor (Kaiser) and ninth King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918. Date: 1913

King George V as Colonel-in-Chief of Grenadier Guards
King George V (1865-1936) as Colonel-in-Chief of the Grenadier Guards. Date: circa 1920s

King George V as Colonel of Cameron Highlanders
King George V as Colonel of the Cameron Highlanders. Date: circa 1910

George, Prince of Wales (later King George V). Seen here in Vice-Admirals uniform. Date: 1903

WW1 - Russian Front - Officer using a trench periscope Date: circa 1916

Those Medals! by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
Sad, but true, and apparently unavoidable. A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather published in The Bystander commenting that while acts of bravery during war often went unrecognised

War Ribbons of the British Army, WW1
Principal war ribbons of the British Army from 1850. Centre is the dark red ribbon of the Victoria Cross. Date: 1916

Admirals of the British Navy, WW1
The Sure Shield of Britain -- twelve Admirals of the British Navy on the outbreak of the First World War. They are: Rear Admirals Wemyss, Dudley De Chair, Warrender, King Hall, Limpus

Portrait of Louis Alexander Mountbatten
Portrait of the Late Admiral of the Fleet, The Marquess of Milford Haven, Louis Alexander Mountbatten

Marshal-Admiral Marquis Togo Heihachiro, Japanese Naval Hero
Marshal-Admiral Marquis Togo Heihachiro (18481934) - a gensui or admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of Japans greatest naval heroes

Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire medal
Firefighters from the insurance brigades and the London Fire Engine Establishment would put out the fires but did not provide much in the way of helping people to escape

The Badges of Cavalry Regimants in the British Army 1915
Thirty-one regiments, divided into three regiments of Household Cavalry and twenty-eight regiments of the line. Of these latter seven are regiments of Dragoon Guards, three of Dragoons

King Haakon of Norway and Queen Maud
King Haakon of Norway (1872 - 1957) and Queen Maud. Their child is future King Olav V. Haakon ruled from 1905 to 1957. Date: circa 1907

General Franz Rohr von Denta, Austrian army officer
General of Cavalry Franz Rohr von Denta (1854-1927), Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal and Commander in chief of the Austrian troops on the Italian Front and Eastern Front during the First World War

Kaiser Wilhelm II in Deaths Head Hussars uniform
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), German Emperor, seen here in the uniform of the Deaths Head Hussars (the 7th Hussars). Date: circa early 20th century

Helmuth von Moltke (the Younger), German Army officer
Helmuth Johann Ludwig von Moltke (1848-1916), German Army officer. He served as Chief of the German General Staff from 1906 to 1914. He was a nephew of Field Marshal Count von Moltke

Lieutenant General Ali Abadi Pasha
Important men in Egyptian life in the 1900s to the 1920s (6/6). Lieutenant General Ali Abadi Pasha - served in the Egyptian army (1897-1903)

Zig-Zag Fag Papers
Splendid wrapper for a packet of Zig-Zag cigarette papers, winner of many gold medals

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