British Campaign Medals 1914-2005

Peter Duckers (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

48 Seiten

2006
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-0-7478-0649-3 (ISBN)

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Surveys the medals awarded to British personnel for military services from the First World War to operations of British forces in the opening years of the twenty-first century. The campaign medals awarded for the military actions have become a popular field for collectors, since the majority of British awards were officially named.

This book surveys the medals awarded to British personnel for military service around the world and in two world wars. The campaign medals awarded for the military actions have become a popular field for collectors, since the majority of British awards were officially named, thus making it possible to research the military career of an individual or regiment. This second edition has been extended to include the operations of the British forces in the opening years of the twenty-first century.

Peter Duckers has been a collector of British campaign and gallanary medals for many years and now specialises in awards ito the Indian Army. He is a Fellow of the royal Asiatic Society, a Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society, a member of the Orders and Medals Research Society, the Military Historical Society and the Indian Military Historical Society. He is the curator of the Shropshire Regimental Museum at the Castle, Shrewsbury.

Collecting campaign medals Basic terms The Africa General Service Medal 1902-56 The India General Service Medal 1908-35 Awards for the First World War 1914-18 General Service awards Awards for the Second World War 1939-45 Medals for the Korean War 1951-3 The General Service Medal 1962 The Rhodesia Medal 1979-80 The South Atlantic medal 1982 The Gulf Medal 1990-1 The Accumulated Campaign Service Medal, 1994 to date The Operational Service Medal 1999 to date The Iraq Medal 2003 UN and NATO awards Mentions in dispatches Medal designers following up

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.2.2006
Reihe/Serie	Shire Library
Zusatzinfo	1 col
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	149 x 210 mm
Gewicht	138 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7478-0649-7 / 0747806497
ISBN-13	978-0-7478-0649-3 / 9780747806493
Zustand	Neuware