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BRITISH MILITARY BUTTONS___________________________________
           Blair, Dennis G. 2001. British Buttons Civilian Uniform Buttons 19th 20th Century. Greenlight Publishing,
           Witham, England.
           Wilkinson-Latham, R.J. 2006. Discovering British Military Badges and Buttons. Shire, Princes Risboroug.

BRITISH MILITARY CAP BADGES______________________________________
           Chichester, Henry M., George Burges-Short. 2006. Records and Badges of Every Regiment and Corps in the
           British Army 2003
. Naval Military Press Ltd, United Kingdom
           Churchill, Colin. 2002. History of the British Army Infantry Collar Badge. Naval Military Press Ltd, United Kingdom.
           Coleman, E. C. 2009. Rank and Rate Royal Navy Officers Insignia Since 1856. Crowood Press.
           Doyle, Peter and Foster, Chris. 2010. British Army Cap Badges of the First World War. Shire Publications Ltd,
           United Kingdom
           Hodges, Lt Col R. British Army Badges. Hodges.
           A L Kipling and H L King. 2003. Head Dress Badges of the British Army Vol 2. Naval & Military Press Ltd.
           Ward, Arthur. 2007. British Army Cap Badges of the Twentieth Century The Crowood Press Ltd, United Kingdom.
           Wilkinson-Latham, R.J. 2006. Discovering British Military Badges and Buttons. Shire, Princes Risborough.
           Wilkinson, Frederick. 1992. Badges of the British Army 1820 to the Present An Illustrated Reference Guide for
           Collectors.
Arms & Armour Press.

BRITISH & EUROPEAN GUNS________________________________________________
           Ahearn, Bill. 2005. Muskets of the Revolution and the French & Indian Wars Andrew
           Mowbray Inc., Publishers.
           Bailey, D.W. 1986. British Military Longarms 1715 1865. Arms And Armour Press.
           Blackmore, Howard L. 1962. British Military Firearms. Arco Publishing, New York.
           Canfield, Bruce N., Lamoreaux, Robert L., Johnson, Edward R., Bailey, De Witt. 2002. British Military
           Flintlock Rifles 1740 1840 The Story of Melvin Maynard Johnson Jr and His Guns.
Andrew Mowbray Pub.
           De Witt Bailey Ph.D. 2002. British Military Flintlock Rifles 1740-1840. Andrew Mowbray Publishers, Lincoln, RI.
           De Witt Bailey, Ph.D. 2009. Small Arms of the British Forces 1664-1815. Andrew Mowbray Publishers.
           Markham, George. 1990. Guns of the Empire: Firearms of the British Soldier 1837-1987 Arms and
           Armour Press, London.
           Miller, Frederic P., Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster. 2009. British Military Rifles.
           Frederic P. VDM Publishing House, Mauritius.
           Petrillo, Alan, M. 1994. The Lee Enfield Number One Rifles. (5 Volumes) Excalibur Publications.
           Skennerton, Ian D. 2007. The Lee Enfield A Centuary of Lee Metford and Lee Enfield Rifled and Carbines.
           Ian D. Skennerton.
           Stratton, Charles R. 2000. British Enfield Rifles (Four Volumes) North Cape Publications.

BRITISH MILITARY SWORDS____________________________________________________
           Bezdek, Richard H. 2000. German Swords and Sword Makers Edged Weapon Makers from the 14th to the
           20th Centuries
. Paladin Press,U.S., Sheffield, United Kingdom.
           Bezdek, Richard H. 2003. Swords And Sword Makers Of England And Scotland. Paladin Press, Bouder, CO.
           Martyn, Charles. 2004. British Cavalry Sword from 1600 Pen & Sword Military.
           Robson, Brian. 1975. Arms and Armour Press, London, England.
           Withers, Harvey J. S. 2003. British Military Swords 1786 1912 The Regulation Patterns An Illustrated Price
           Guide for Collectors.
Studio Jupiter Military Publishing, England.
           Mazansky, Cyril. 2005. British Basket Hilted Swords A Typology of Basket Type Sword Hilts. Royal Armouries -
           Boydell Press Woodbridge, UK.

BRITISH MILITARY UNIFORMS_________________________________________
           Franklin, C.E. 2009. British Napoleonic Uniforms A Complete Illustrated Guide to Uniforms Facings and Lace.
           The History Press Ltd, United Kingdom.
           MacLeod, Lieut.-Col. Olaf. 1986. Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out The Last Full Dress Uniform of the
           British Army
Lutterworth Press, Cambridge, England.
           Fosten, D.S.V. & Bryan Fosten. 1981. The Thin Red Line Uniforms of the British Army Between 1751 and
           1914.
Windrow & Greene.

BRITISH MILITARY MEDALS___________________________________________
           Ball, Robert W. D. 1996. Collector's Guide to British Army Campaign Medals. Antique Trader Books, Dubuque, IA.
           Doherty, Richard; Truesdale, David. 2002. Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross. Four Courts Press.
           Duckers, Peter. 2006. British Campaign Medals 1914 2005 Shire Publications Ltd, United Kingdom.
           Dymond, Steve 2008. Researching British Military Medals A Practical Guide. Crowood Press.
           Perkins, Stephen Philip and Christopher Henry Perkins. 2009. Swords of the British Army: The Regulation
           Patterns 1788-1914.
British and Irish Campaign Medals: 1899 to 2009 v. 2
           Litherland. A.R. and Simpkin, B.T. 1990. Spinks Standard Catalogue of British and Associated Orders
           Decorations and Medals With Valuations
. London: Spink..

BRITISH MILITARY MARKS_________________________________________
           Skennerton, Ian D. 2001. The Broad Arrow British and Empire Factory Production, Proof, Inspection, Armouries,
           Unit and Issue Marks.
Ian Skennerton Publishing.


 

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