Our Society exists to promote a general interest in the study of orders, decorations and medals and to actively encourage and publish research into all aspects of civil and military medals, with a particular focus on those issued by Great Britain and the Commonwealth countries.
Members’ interests range from awards for gallantry in battle, or bravery in saving life, through forgotten wars and far-flung campaigns, to long and meritorious public service away from the limelight. Research interests stretch from pure numismatics, through the military or social history surrounding the circumstances of awards, to the genealogy of the medal recipient.
Contents
- The Battle of Tofrek, 22 March 1885 – a soldiers’ battle in which the discipline of individual soldiers averted another ‘Isandlwana’
- The ‘AFGHANISTAN N.W.F. 1919’ clasp to the IGSM1908-35 as awarded to the Machine Gun Corps: Part 3 ‘Rollers’ and ‘Momagus’
- The tales of two Stars1538085 WO1 Charles Mowbray Gales, MM
- Military General Service (MGS) Medal Fort Detroit – a volunteer’s story
- Blankenberge 9 September 1944
- The Richard Fitzgerald Victoria Cross
- The Bristol Tramways & Carriage Company Loyalty Medal
- John Chatterton: whose medal ?
- The Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840: Claimants List ADM 171/1
- Anomalous designs for New Zealand medals and orders
- Ribbons unravelled: The Military Division of the Order of Australia
- The Mercantile Marine War Medal, 1914 – 18 The true scale of non-issue?
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