Author: SPINK & SON
Title: Collection of British & Foreign War Medal Ribands &c. &c.
Description: London, Spink & Son, Ltd. 1912. Hard, 4to. Hard cover album of 248 unique woven cloth war medal ribands. Ribands are mounted 3 or 2 on removable strips, with 6 strips inserted per page. Published London: Spink & Son, Ltd. no date, c.1912. Complete in 14 fully populated pages, containing 84 strips (80 strips have three examples, 4 strips have 2 examples) - from The Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1334, to Coronation, 1911. 4to. 8 3/4" x 9 3/4", 7 leaves of die cut card stock, folded to 14 pages with perforations to contain 6 strips per page. Blue cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, "Spink & Son, Ltd." in tiny gilt at heel, full page Spink & Son ad on page 15. Ownership bookplate of noted medals and decorations collector Joseph Warren Cutler (1857-1934) on pastedown. 3/4" loss to the cloth at the spine head, wear at the heel and tips, some age toning to the paper. All strips and riband examples near fine. A rare publication and extremely rare to find the entire 14 pages populated with riband examples. Very good overall. Very Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: Military History


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