This second edition of Peter Ducker's best-selling British Military Medals traces the history of medals and gallantry awards from Elizabethan times to the modern day, and it features an expert account of their design and production.

Collecting Metal Shoulder Titles is recognized by collectors and military historians alike as the definitive reference work.

Examines the introduction and evolution of the VC, along with some of the fascinating individuals and remarkable acts of valor associated with it.

An exhaustive study of the development of the battalion, brigade and divisional signs of the twelve divisions that formed the regular army during the Great War.

These pieces of cloth and metal symbolize the daring, bravery, suffering and loss of men who flew in deadly aerial battles for democratic freedom. Eag...