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Gilt and enamel badge, for membership of the Sanit

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1850-1920

Bramley-Moore medal for saving life at sea, Liverpool, England, 1872-1873

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1872-1873

Silver medal, awarded to surgeon Daniel J. Duigan,

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1856

Circular gilt medal with silk ribbon, awarded to P.Philibert, by Prefecture du Department de la Seine for bravery during Cholera epidemic of 1835, designed by Depaulis, French, 1835-1840

Circular gilt medal with silk ribbon, awarded to P

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1835-1840

Medal, tombstone-shaped, bronze, with safety pin a

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1909

Straw hat, two tiered, red ribbon, cloth strap, wo

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1920

Serbian red cross medal, silver and red enamel, with ribbon, unsigned Serbia, 1876

Serbian red cross medal, silver and red enamel, wi

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1876

Queen's India Service Medal, silver, with bar for Relief of Chitral, 1895, awarded to assistant apothecary J. Smith, T.M.S., by J.B., English, 1895

Queen's India Service Medal, silver, with bar for

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1895

Medal, silver, New Zealand War Medal, awarded to Dr. Clement Spurgeon, 1st Batallion, 12th Regiment, for service in Second Maori War, 1860-1866, dated 1864-1866, with suspender, ribbon, by J.S. and A.B. Wyon, English, 1866-1868

Medal, silver, New Zealand War Medal, awarded to Clement Spurgeon

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1866-1868

Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion (CMG), awarded to William J. Simpson, 1909, English, 1909

Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion (CM

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1909

Two silver medals with silk ribbons, China War medal, awarded to Surgeon Henry Fegan MD, artist L.C. Wyon, medal English, 1841-1842

Two silver medals with silk ribbons, China War med

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1841-1842

Silver medal, ribbon and bar, Queen's South Africa Medal, awarded to Orderly W. Brown of the Scottish Hospital, maker G.W. de Saulles, England, 1903

Silver medal, ribbon and bar, Queen's South Africa

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1903

The Jellalabad medal, silver, with ribbon, awarded to Surgeon J. Robertson, 13th PALI, English, 1842

The Jellalabad medal, silver, with ribbon, awarded

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1842-1843

Medal, Tibet Medal, 1903-1904, bronze with single bar "Gyantse" and genuine ribbon, English, 1905. Illustration on the obverse shows Edward VII in military costume. Medal received by Torgu (doolie bearere, British Field Hospital)

Medal, Tibet Medal, 1903-1904, bronze with single

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1905

Medal, silver, oval shaped, Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, awarded to Private J.R. Barham, R.A.M.C., English, 1920-1929

Medal, silver, oval shaped, Territorial Force Effi

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1920-1929

Medal, silver, with ribbon awarded to Private T. Hughes Shrophire Light Infantry by the Hong Kong Community for services rendered during the plague of 1894, Hong Kong, 1894

Medal awarded to Private T. Hughes

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1894

Colonial auxiliary forces medal, cased, awarded to Lieut. Col. Benjamin Locking, New Zealand Volunteer Medical Corps, by R. and S. Garrard, 25 Haymarket, London, England, 1906.

Colonial auxiliary forces medal, cased, awarded to

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1906

Bronze medal, with ribbon, the Quiver medal for life saving, awarded to Frederick Blatchford, 1886, unsigned, England, 1880-1886

Bronze medal, with ribbon, the Quiver medal for li

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1880-1886

Gilt medal, cross with embossed crescents white and green ribbon embroidered with red cross, Turkish Red Cross medal, Turkey, 1914-1920

Turkish Red Cross medal, c 1917

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1914-1920

Badge, bronze, cross-shaped, society badge of French Red Cross, 1870-1871, commemorating assistance of the French wounded in the armed forces, with cream coloured ribbon, embroidered with red cross, French, 1871-1872

Badge, bronze, cross-shaped, society badge of Fren

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1871-1872

Silver medal, silk (ribbon), Queen's South Africa medal, awarded to Sister B.M. Bottomley, artist G. W. de Saulles, medal English, 1899-1902

Silver medal, silk (ribbon), Queen's South Africa

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1899-1902

Egyptian medal 1882-1889, silver medal with silk ribbon, awarded to Pte. W. Kay, with a bar for Tel-el-Kebir, artist L.C. Wyon, English, 1882-1889

Egyptian medal 1882-1889, silver medal with silk r

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1882-1889

Medal, silver, octagonal, Polar medal for Arctic expeditions, discoveries, the First Polar Medal issue, awarded to Sir Alec Armstrong M.D., Royal Navy, English, 1857

Medal, silver, octagonal, Polar medal for Arctic e

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1857

White metal medal, with ribbon, to commemorate the visit of Czar Nicholas II and the Empress Alexandre to Paris, 1896, French, 1896

White metal medal, with ribbon, to commemorate the

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1896

Oval bronze openwork medal commemorating Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, with silk ribbon, English, 1901 to 1920

Oval bronze openwork medal commemorating Queen Ale

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1901-1920

Medal, silver, die stamped, with ribbon, awarded by St. Johns Ambulance Brigade to commemorate coronation of George V, 1911

Medal, silver, die stamped, with ribbon, awarded b

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1911-1912

Silver medal, silk ribbon, struck to commemorate the saving of lives on board S.S. Baltic and S.S. Republic, awarded to W. Manson, of the S.S. Republic, artist A.B., medal American, 1909

Medal commemorating the sea rescue of 1700 souls from the collision of Republic and Florida

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1909

Lapel badge, cardboard, ribbon, with pin, fund raiser, Paris Day, 14 July, 1916, by J. Barreau, Paris, French, 1916

Lapel badge, cardboard, ribbon, with pin, fund rai

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1916

Lapel badge, diamond shaped, bronze with pin on back, for membership of 5th International Zoological Congress, Berlin, 1901, made by artist Gaul and by Otto Oertel, Berlin, Germany, 1901, no.569

Lapel badge for 5th International Zoological Congress, Berlin

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1901

Basically circular bronze medal surmounted by enamelled red cross, attached to pink and grey ribbon, commemorates the 1st 2 years of the 1st World War, probably made in Belgium(? ), 1916-1920

Basically circular bronze medal surmounted by enam

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1916-1920

Silver medal, the Camp and Villarverde medal for saving life at sea, dated 1847, awarded by the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Scoiety, made by R.C. Oldfield of Liverpool, 1847-1890

Silver medal, the Camp and Villarverde medal for s

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1847-1890

Diamond shaped lapel badge, cardboard, ribbon strip at top, fund raiser for Orphans' Day, 1914,15,16, made by Devambez, Paris, France, 1916.

Diamond shaped lapel badge, cardboard, ribbon stri

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1916

Lapel badge, cardboard, fund raiser for reconstruction of homes in France, destroyed by the War, 1914-1917, Appeal days, 21-22 May 1917, made by Ehrmann, Paris, France, 1917.

Lapel badge, cardboard, fund raiser for reconstruc

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1917

Lapel badge, cardboard, lemon-shaped, fund raiser on National Day of the Orphans of the War, by Chambrelent, Paris, France, 1915-1918.

Lapel badge, cardboard, lemon-shaped, fund raiser

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1915-1918

Lapel badge, cardboard, generally circular, with ribbon, pin, fund raiser for War, Paris Day, 14 July 1917, by I. Lapina, Paris, France, 1917.

Lapel badge, cardboard, generally circular, with r

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1917

Lapel badge, oval, cardboard, silk ribbon at top, fund raiser for War, Day of the French Army in Africa and the Colonial Troops, campaigns from 1914-1916 listed, by Chambrelent, Paris, France, 1916-1917.

Lapel badge, oval, cardboard, silk ribbon at top,

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1916-1917

Two lapel badges, oval, card, for membership of National Day of Tuberculosed War Veterans, worn by members of the Association of French women, made by Chambrelent, Paris, France, 1917.

Two lapel badges, oval, card, for membership of Na

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1917

Two lapel badges, generally circular, carboard, small ribbon at top, fund raisers for War, on Day of the City of Paris, 14 July 1915, made by Devambez, Paris, France, 1915.

Two lapel badges, generally circular, carboard, sm

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1915

Lapel badge, cardboard, octagonal, fund raiser for War, Soldiers' Days, 25 and 26 December, 1915, made by I. Lapina, Paris, France, 1915.

Lapel badge, cardboard, octagonal, fund raiser for

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1915

Lapel badge, cardboard, silk ribbon, oval, fund raiser for National Day of Tuberculosed War Veterans, made by Chambrelent, Paris, France, 1917-1918.

Lapel badge, cardboard, silk ribbon, oval, fund ra

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1917-1918

Lapel badge, cardboard, ribbon strip at top, fund raiser for War, Paris Day, 14 July 1916, made by I. Lapina, Paris, France, 1916.

Lapel badge, cardboard, ribbon strip at top, fund

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1916

Lapel badge, oval, cardboard, silk ribbon at top, fund raising badge, on National Day for Tuberculosed War Veterans, made by d'Abel Faire and Devambez, Paris, France, 1917-1918.

Lapel badge, oval, cardboard, silk ribbon at top,

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1917-1918

Lapel badge, cardboard, roughly oval, fund raiser for War, Day of the French African Army, and the Colonial Troops 1917, campaigns from 1914-1916 listed on reverse, by Chambrelent, Paris, France, 1917.

Lapel badge, cardboard, roughly oval, fund raiser

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1917

Lapel badge, cardboard, narrow ribbon on top, fund raiser for National Day of Tuberculosed War Veterans, by Levy-Dhurmer and Devambez, Paris, France, 1914-1917.

Lapel badge, cardboard, narrow ribbon on top, fund

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1914-1917

Lapel badge, oval, cardboard, fund raiser for National Orphans' Day, 1914, 1915, 1916, made by Devambez, Paris, France, 1916.

Lapel badge, oval, cardboard, fund raiser for Nati

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1916

Prussian Order of the Crown Medal, awarded for Red Cross work, gilt and enamel cross, blue ribbon, by H. and S., Prussia (area now mainly in Germany and Poland), 1861.

Prussian Order of the Crown Medal, awarded for Red

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1861

Medal, gilt bronze, with ribbon, presented to Peninsula War, (and later Waterloo) veteran, reputedly, dated 1813, European, 1813

Medal, gilt bronze, with ribbon, presented to Peni

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1813

Silver medal awarded to Adam Durham, in Sep. 1860 for swimming skills, by the Forth Swimming Club and Humane Society, blue ribbon, British, 1850-1860

Silver medal awarded to Adam Durham, in Sep. 1860

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1850-1860

Three lapel badges, circular, aluminium, two with ribbons, pins, fund raising badges, on Paris Day, 14 July, 1915, to 1917, by Bargaz, French, 1915-1917

Three lapel badges, circular, aluminium, two with

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1915-1917

Gilt and silver medal, in form of a cross, of the Life Saving Society of Nantes, founded 1875, ribbon and silver crown attached, French, 1875-1900

Gilt and silver medal, in form of a cross, of the

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1875-1900