Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

War Medals and Decorations, by D. Hastings Irwin, 4th edition, 1910, 536pp., with black and white plates, signed ‘Taprell Dorling, Lieut-Comdr., R.N., H.M.S. “Murray”, June 1914’, original covers; British War Medals and How they were Won, by Thomas Carter, 1893, 656pp., with colour plates, original red and gilt cloth covers; War Medals and Their History, by W. Augustus Steward, 1915, xvii, 407pp., with black and white plates, signed ‘Taprell Dorling, 1915’, original cloth covers; Gallantry, by Sir Arnold Wilson and Capt. J. H. F. McEwen, 1939, xvii, 498pp., signed ‘Taprell Dorling, Captain, R.N.’, original covers; The Insignia and Medals of the Order of St. John, by Charles W. Tozer, 197579pp., with colour and black and white plates, first three, covers a little worn and stained, generally good condition (5) £35-45