The background to collecting military medals is inseparable from a study of history. The earliest British medals, as befits a nation for so long reliant upon na

With India's independence in 1947 and emergence as a fully self-governing republic in 1950, new awards were created to reward Indian citizens for bravery and na

Orders of knighthood and chivalry have existed since the Middle Ages, when they were intended to unite important noblemen in bonds of loyalty to their monarch,

This book is acknowledged as the only work dealing exclusively with the identification and description of international gallantry awards, past and present. The