Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Standards and Colours of the Army from the Restoration 1661 to the Introduction of the Territorial System 1881, by Samuel Milne Milne, a very fine example numbered 55 from a limited edition of 200, large 8vo, twenty-nine plates, sixteen of them splendid chromolithographs, numerous illustrations to the text. An exceptional bright copy in the original blue cloth, gilt. xxiv, 257pp. + 11pp. appendices and index. Printed for the Subscribers by Goodall and Suddick, Leeds, 1893, very fine condition £200-300

Note: Samuel Milne Milne was one of the leading collectors of military artefacts of the 18th and 19th centuries and indeed saw service himself in the Rifle Volunteers. His collection was sold in 1912.