Orders, Decorations and Medals

Payne, A. A., A Handbook of British and Foreign Orders, War Medals and Decorations awarded to the Army and Navy ..., J. W. Northend, Sheffield, 1st edition, 1911, lxix, 811pp, with b/w plates, top edge gilt, original blue cloth with gilt emblems and lettering, and original dust cover, very good condition, scarce in this state £140-180

Sold with a letter from the author to ‘Colonel Fraser, dated 14 August 1917, in which he warns about forgeries and advises where to buy and sell.