Hardcover, black cloth cover, the graphic and text on the front cover in white ink, officially entitled "The Insignia and Medals of the Grand Priory of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem" by Charles W. Tozer, O.St.J., copyrighted by the author and the Orders and Medals Research Society in 1975, published by J.B. Hayward & Son (Simprints), Medal Specialists, 17 Piccadilly Arcade, London, SW1Y 6NL, in association with the Orders and Medals Research Society and approved by the Order of St. John in 1975. It begins with a brief history of and an explanation for the purpose of the Orders and Medals Research Society and a list of other books published by them, followed by a Foreword by the President Henry Pownall of the Orders and Medals Research Society, an Introduction by C.W. Tozer and a Table of Contents.The book is divided into three Parts: I - Order of St. John (The Sovereign Head; The Grand Prior; The Lord Prior; The Prelate; Bailiff Grand Cross; Dame Grand Cross; Knight of Justice; Dame of Justice; Knight of Grace; Dame of Grace; Sub-Prelate and Chaplain; Commander; Officer; Serving Brother/Sister; Esquire; Honorary Associate; Associate Member; Donat; The Life Saving Medal; The Service Medal; The South African War Medal; The Robes; General Notes Part I; General Notes Part III); II - Medals Awarded by the Crown exclusively to St. John Personnel (Queen Victoria's Jubilee Medal 1897; King Edward VII Coronation Medal 1902; King George V Coronation Medal 1911; Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal);III - Medals Awarded by the Former Railway Companies and by British Railways for First Aid Efficiency and Long Service (British Railways; Great Western Railway; Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway; London, Chatham and Dover Railway; London Midland and Scottish Railway; London & North Eastern Railway; London & North Western Railway; London & South Western Railway; London Transport Executive; Metropolitan Railway; Midland Railway; North Eastern Railway; South Eastern & Chatham Railway; Southern Railway). It concludes with an Appendix (Sovereign Heads of the Order; Royal Charters of the Order; The Establishment of the Order; Grand Priors since the Revival in 1831; Sub Priors and (after 1948) Lord Priors; Chancellors of the Order since the Revival; Prelates of the Order since 1895. The book contains 80 pages of text,interspersed with multiple black and white photographs, incorporating four colour plates on pages 2, 7, 10 and 11, the text and majority of the photographs printed in black ink, the four colour plates printed in four colour inks, on all a semi-coated white paper stock, measuring 190 mm (w) x 240 mm (h) x 10 mm (d), exhibiting a small nip on the inside front cover endpaper, however, the pages within remain pristine and very clean. Near extremely fine.
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