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The act of collecting militaria has roots in souvenir hunting, a practice first made popular among soldiers during World War I. [1] During the war, soldiers would walk through battlefields and trenches, taking military equipment and personal items from enemy POW's or, in most cases, dead bodies. Soldiers would send these items home to loved ...
World War 1. Issued with MID oak leaf cluster where appropriate. British Naval Mission to Russia North Sea mine clearance Territorial Force War Medal: April 1920: 4 August 1914 – 11 November 1918: Mercantile Marine War Medal: 1 September 1919: 4 August 1914 – 11 November 1918: Inter-World War Naval General Service Medal (1915) 6 August 1915
This Seat of Mars: War and the British Isles, 1485–1746 (Yale UP; 2011) 332 pages; studies the impact of near unceasing war from the individual to the national levels. Chandler, David G., and Ian Frederick William Beckett, eds. The Oxford history of the British army (Oxford UP, 2003). Cole, D. H and E. C Priestley.
British campaign medals are awarded to members of the British Armed Forces, Allied forces and civilians participating in specified military campaigns. Examples include the Defence Medal , for homeland defence in World War II, and the Atlantic Star for World War II sea service in the Atlantic.
Just ask this guy who bought the map for $50 at an estate sale in North Carolina, only to discover on Antiques Roadshow that it was appraised for a staggering $35,000 to $45,000. 6. Vintage World Maps
International Military Antiques, Inc is an American seller of military collectibles and memorabilia, based in Gillette, New Jersey. [1] It was founded in 1981 by Christian Cranmer. His son Alex joined him in 2004. [2]
The three First World War medals, either one of the 1914 Star or the 1914–15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal, were collectively irreverently referred to as Pip, Squeak and Wilfred, after three comic strip characters, a dog, a penguin and a rabbit, which were popular in the immediate post-war era.
The reverse, designed by Margaret Winser, [2] shows a mounted figure of Britannia in a chariot pulled by two sea-horses, her left hand resting on a union shield. [3] The name and details of the recipient were impressed on the edge of the medal. [2] The 32 millimetres (1.3 in) wide ribbon is crimson-coloured with three white stripes. [2]