United Kingdom. Five British Awards Reference Books

1. "British Battles and Medals" by Major Lawrence L. Gordon: hardcover, navy blue dimpled cloth cover, image of the India Medal in crimson, green and silver-coloured inks on the cover, the text on the spine in silver-coloured ink, printed and published by Gale and Polden Limited, at The Wellington Press, Aldershot in 1947. A statement on the title page describes the basic contents of the book: "A description of every campaign medal and bar awarded from the Armada 1588, to the India Service Medal 1946, together with the names of all the regiments, ships, and squadrons of the Royal Air Force entitled to them." 

2. "The Medals Decorations and Orders of the Great War 1914-1918" by Alec A. Purves, Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society, President of the Order and Medals Research Society 1956-60: hardcover, steel blue cloth cover, the text on the spine in gold-coloured ink, with dust jacket, copyrighted by the author in 1973, first published in J.B. Hayward & Son of London in 1973, designed and printed in England by Robert Stockwell Limited of London. 

3. "British Orders & Awards" by Major Lawrence L. Gordon: hardcover, black dimpled cloth cover, the text on the spine in silver-coloured ink, with dust jacket, copyrighted by the author and published in 1959, printed in Great Britain by W.H. Smith & Son Limited of Gleengate Press, Staffordshire. As stated on the dust jacket: "

4. "British Orders and Awards" (no stated author but an apparent revised version of Lawrence's book): hardcover, dark gray cloth cover, the text on the spine in silver-coloured ink, with dust jacket, published by Kaye & Ward Limited of London, first published in 1959, this second entirely revised edition published in 1968, printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Limited of Bungary, Suffolk, SDB 7182 0766 1. As stated on the dust jacket: 

5. "Ribbon and Medals - Naval, Military, Air Force and Civil" by Captain H. Taprell Dorling, D.S.O., R.N.: hardcover, light brown cloth cover, the text on the front cover and spine in navy blue ink, first published in 1916, new editions in 1919-1926, 1940 and 1941, this edition enlarged and revised, printed in Great Britain by George Philip & Son Limited of London in 1941. Fine.