A Pocket Guide To British Gallantry Awards
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Author | : Peter Duckers |
Publisher | : Spink Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019-07-11 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9781912667024 |
Over the ages and in all societies, gallantry in battle has been highly regarded, with the bravery of individuals and fighting forces being officially rewarded and publically recognised in a wide variety of ways, such as gifts of jewels or money, grants of land, promotions in rank or status etc. In Britain, it has been the practice since at least the mid-19C to award decorations - medals specifically conferred to reward bravery in action. With the growth of the British Empire in the late 19C, the waging of two World Wars, the campaigns that mark the end of Empire and a continuing UN and NATO role, Britain has produced a wide range of medals to reflect the gallantry of its own and Imperial fighting forces. Such rewards have been conferred upon men and women, in all theatres of war and amongst the whole range of its forces on the ground, in and under the sea, in the air and even "at home". This new Spink book offers an introductory guide to British and Imperial medals for gallantry which have appeared since 1854 and which continue to be awarded to this day, illustrating the type of action which has led to the award of the various medals over nearly 200 years.
Author | : Peter Duckers |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 251 |
Release | : 2013-09-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473829836 |
Fully revised second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling guide to military medals. This second edition of Peter Duckers 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. Campaign and gallantry medals are a key to understanding - and exploring - British and imperial military history, and to uncovering the careers and exploits of individual soldiers. In a series of succinct and well-organized chapters he explains how medals originated, to whom they were awarded and how the practice of giving medals has developed over the centuries. His work is a guide for collectors and for local and family historians who want to learn how to use medals to discover the history of military units and the experiences of individuals who served in them.
Author | : P. E. Abbott |
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Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 1971 |
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Author | : P.E. Abbott |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1981-09-01 |
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ISBN | : 9780903754255 |
Author | : John D. Clarke |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 2000-09-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473814510 |
This book is acknowledged as the only work dealing exclusively with the identification and description of international gallantry awards, past and present. The multitude of illustrations allows the reader to readily identify those awards most likely to be encountered. The work embraces forty-three countries and describes 270 decorations together with their various classes. A ten page ribbon chart shows 216 different world gallantry ribbons all in full colour.
Author | : Peter Duckers |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2011-10-20 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 074781175X |
British Gallantry Awards 1855-2000. This book surveys the British decorations and medals from the origins in the Crimean War of 1854-6 up to the end of the twentieth century.
Author | : Arnold Wilson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 516 |
Release | : 2001-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781843420606 |
The dedication of this book will jolt the memories of those old enough to remember 60 years back: it is to the crew of HM Submarine Thetis which sank with a loss of ninety-nine lives during acceptance trials in Liverpool Bay on 1st June 1939. In this book the authors set out to summarize the existing practice of the State and of public and other bodies in this or other countries in rewarding acts of gallantry whether in peace or in war. It is interesting that in discussing British gallantry awards they make a case for a Conspicuous Gallantry Cross to replace the DSC, MC and DFC as an award for officers of the three Services; this award was actually instituted in 1995, but for all ranks of all three Services, the first going to a corporal in Bosnia in May 1995. After discussing the various military and civil gallantry awards the rest of the book, some 300 pages, is taken up, with lists of recipients - with full citations - of the Albert Medal; the Edward Medal; Empire Gallantry, Medal Military and Civil Divisions; Albert Medal for Sea Service (Admiralty awards) and Civilian Sea Service (Board of Trade awards); and Life Saving gallantry awards - all these from the first awards to the end of 1938.
Author | : Matthew J. Lord |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 139 |
Release | : 2021-05-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1000382400 |
This book examines the relationship between concepts of heroic "gallantry," as projected by the British honours system, and the sociocultural, political, military and international transitions of the supposed Sixties "cultural revolution." In so doing, it considers how a conservative, hierarchical and state-orientated concept both evolved and endured during a period of immense change in which traditional assumptions of deference to elites were increasingly challenged. Covering the period often defined as "The Long Sixties," from 1955–79, this study concentrates on four distinct transitions undergone by both state and non-state gallantry awards, including developments within the welfare state, class and gender discrimination, counterinsurgency and decolonisation. It ultimately sheds fresh light upon the importance of postwar decades to the continued evolution of concepts of gallantry and heroism in British culture using a range of underexplored government and media archives. It will be of interest to scholars, students and general researchers of heroism in modern Britain, the Sixties revolution, postwar military history and both the social and political evolution of British honours, decorations and medals.
Author | : P. E. Abbott |
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Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Decorations of honour |
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Author | : Edward C. Joslin |
Publisher | : Frederick Warne Publishers |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Decorations of honor |
ISBN | : 9780723215387 |