Hardcover, royal blue cloth cover, with dust jacket, entitled "British Gallantry Awards, Second Edition" by Peter Edward Abbott and John Michael Alan Tamplin, MBE, TD, copyrighted in 1981 by Nimrod Dix & Co., published in Great Britain by Nimrod Dix & Co. of London, designed and printed in Great Britain by Picton Print of Chippenham, Wiltshire, ISBN 0 902633 74 0. As stated on the dust jacket: "When "British Gallantry Awards" was first published in 1971 it was immediately acknowledged as the standard reference work on the subject. Since that time much additional information has become available, principally from the Public Record Office, but also from private sources. This has enabled the authors, Peter Abbott and John Tamplin, to expand many of the original chapters. Furthermore, there are no less than ten new chapters covering the awards of the African Police Medal, the Allied Subjects' Medal, the King's Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom, the four Meritorious Service Medals, the Queen's Gallantry Medal, the Royal Red Cross, and the Sea Gallantry Medal (Foreign Services). The second edition now includes forty-four additional illustrations, references to more than three hundred further recipients and an increase in the text of about a third." The book is stamped in black ink with the previous owner's name on the inside front cover endpaper. It begins with a Note to the Illustrations, followed by a Foreword to the First Edition, a Foreword to the Second Edition, an Acknowledgements, a Bibliography, plus Notes on Replacement Issues, and on Recent Copies, Note on Posthumous Awards for the Forces. Each chapter deals with a particular award, illustrating the obverse and reverse of the award, along with alternative versions, with information provided under the following sub-headings: Original and Development, Description, Verifications and Citations, Numbers Awarded, and Illustrative Award. It is divided into forty-four chapters: 1 - The African Police Medal for Meritorious Service; 2 - The Air Force Cross; 3 - The Air Force Medal; 4 - The Albert Medal; 5 - The Allied Subjects' Medal; 6 - The Burma Gallantry Medal; 7 - The Burma Police Medal; 8 - The Colonial Police Medal; 9 - The Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; 10 - The Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying); 11 - The Constabulary Medal (Ireland); 12 - The Distinguished Conduct Medal; 13 - The Distinguished Conduct Medal (Dominion and Colonial issues); 14 - The Distinguished Flying Cross; 15 - The Distinguished Flying Medal; 16 - The Distinguished (formerly Conspicuous) Service Cross; 17 - The Distinguished Flying Medal; 18 - The Distinguished Service Order; 19 - The Edward Medal; 20 - The George Cross; 21 - The George Medal; 22 - The Indian Distinguished Service Medal; 23 - The Indian Meritorious Service Medal, 1917-1925; 24 - The Indian Order of Merit (Military and Civil Divisions); 25 - The Indian Police Medal; 26 - The King's (later Queen's) Medal for Bravery; 27 - The King's Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom; 28 - The King's Police Medal/The King's Police and Fire Services Medal/The Queen's Police Medal; 29 - The Meritorious Service Medal for the Army, 1916-1928; 30 - The Meritorious Service Medal for the Royal Air Force, 1918-1928; 31 - The Meritorious Service Medal for the Royal Navy, 1919-1928; 32 - The Military Cross; 33 - The Military Medal; 34 - The New Zealand Cross; 35 - The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire: The Medal of the Order, 1917-1922; 36 - The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire: The Medal of the Order, for Gallantry, 1922-1940; 37 - The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire: The Medal of the Order, for Meritorious Service, from 1922; 38 - The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire: The Emblem for Gallantry, 1957-1974; 39 - The Queen's Fire Service Medal; 40 - The Queen's Gallantry Medal; 41 - The Royal Red Cross; 42 - The Sea Gallantry Medal; 43 - The Sea Gallantry Medal (Foreign Services); 44 - The Victoria Cross. It concludes with five Appendices: 1 - Mentioned in Despatches; 2 - The King's (Later Queen's) Commendation for Brave Conduct; 3 - The King's (Later Queen's) Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air; 4 - The Order of wearing Orders, Decorations and Medals; 5 - Post-nominal Letters, followed by seven pages of an Index to Recipients Mentioned in the Text. Also included are three colour plates near the front of the book: Plate 1 on page ii illustrating a group of nine awards, Plate 2 on pages x-xi illustrating 58 ribbons; Plate 3 on page xix illustrating six individual awards. The book contains 340 pages, enhanced with multiple photographs that complement the detailed text, printed in black ink, on a thick off-white paper stock, plus the three colour plates, measuring 210 mm (w) x 302 mm (h) x 27 mm (d). It exhibits yellowing and edge tears on the dust jacket, along with light discolouration on the edges of the pages, however, the content of the pages remains relatively clean. Better than very fine.
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