Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Gibson, J.H., British War Medals and Other Decorations, Military and Naval, London, 1866, 86pp, title page signed by the author to James O’Byrne, some manuscript amends by O’Byrne in margins; Whalley, J.L., Gold War Medals Awarded to British Military & Naval Forces from Elizabeth to Victoria, Lancaster, nd [1888], [x] + 36pp, signed by the author on front cover and dated 27/1/93; Risk, J.C., British Orders and Decorations, New York, 1945, ANS NNM 106, 124pp, 76 plates; Kerr, W.J.W., Notes on War Medals 1794-1840, Exmouth, 1948, 36pp, 1 plate (2 copies, one with some annotations in text) [5]. First in original gilt-decorated red cloth, second in original boards frayed and chipped at edges, others in publishers’ bindings £40-60

Provenance: First ex libris James O’Byrne and Terence J. Robertson, London, with their bookplates