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The purpose of this blog is to showcase some of the medals I have in my collection. The collection covers the Royal Navy starting around 1880 however it does encompass the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 as that is just too much of an interesting campaign to ignore! The collection runs up to the First World War and includes awards to men who served with the Royal Navy during the Russian Civil War and on the Yangtze River in China in early 1920's. There are several medals awarded to men who served beyond the end of hostilites and received Long Service and Good Conduct Medals during the inter war period. Whlst the overall theme of the collection is the Royal Navy from 1880 to 1930 there are several sub themes that I focus on. Medals to the Protected Cruiser HMS Magicienne for the Boer War and Jubaland campaign, medals to men who fought at the Battle of Jutland and finally George V Royal Fleet Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct medals. There are of course some medals which fall into more than one of these criteria and some which fall into none, just being medals to the Royal Navy between 1880 and 1930. I have not yet acquired a medal group to someone who served on HMS Magicienne was later at Jutland and was also awarded a George V RFRLSGC medal! I will post pictures of the medal or medals, biographical details of the recipient and pictures of some of the ships they served in.

Book Reviews

I will occasionally post a book review of a one of the many books I have found useful when researching the campaigns for which the various medals in my collection were awarded. For me it is important to read as much as possible about the circumstances for which a medal was awarded. The political build up to events and then the actual campaign, battle or incident which led to the award of the medal all place it in it's correct historical perspective. It also give me a chance to realise what part the recipient of the medal played in the events of the campaign or battle.

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