Chats on Military CuriosJohnson, Stanley C. (Stanley Currie)
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Chats on Military Curios
Johnson, Stanley C. (Stanley Currie)
Military art and science
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
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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