Medal Ceremony Collection

Queen Victoria conferring the Victoria Cross on heroes of Dargai... May 14, 1898, (1901)
Queen Victoria conferring the Victoria Cross on heroes of Dargai at Netley Hospital, May 14, 1898, (1901). Victoria (1819-1901)

Gen. Cole decorating marines, Parris Island, S.C., 10 June 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Cole decorating marines, Paris Isl'd. [i.e. Parris Island], S.C., 10 June 1918 (date created or published later)

Decorated American generals, 14 Jan 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Decorated American generals, 14 Jan 1919. American Expeditionary Force generals in France, photographed immediately after they had been named by Marshal Petain as commanders in the French Legion of

Duke of Connaught decorating a Belgian, 3 Jul 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Duke of Connaught decorating a Belgian, 3 Jul 1918. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942) and Belgium King Albert I (1875-1934) at Houthem Aerodrome on July 3

King Geo. decorates French Colonel, 7 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
King Geo. decorates French Colonel, 7 Jul 1917. King George V decorating the colonel in charge at the French Mission at Blendecques Chateau, July 7, 1917 during World War I

Kaiser giving iron cross to aviators, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Kaiser giving iron cross to aviators, between 1914 and c1915. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941) giving iron cross medal to aviators during World War I.

La Medaille Militaire de Petain; Le 23 aout 1918, au grand quartier general, a provins... 1918. Creator: Unknown
'La Medaille Militaire de Petain; Le 23 aout 1918, au grand quartier general, a provins, le president de la republique remet la medaille militaire au general Petain, 1918

Medal ceremony on the Esplanade des Invalides by President Poincare, September 17, 1915. Creator: Joseph Felix Bouchor
Medal ceremony on the Esplanade des Invalides by President Poincare, September 17, 1915

The First Distribution of the Victoria Cross by Queen Victoria, Hyde Park, June 26, 1857, (1901). The first 62 Victoria Crosses (VCs) were presented to veterans of the Crimean War (1854-1856)

Jean Borotra receives his medal from Queen Mary on centre court, 1926. Artist: London News Agency
Jean Borotra receives his medal from Queen Mary on centre court, 1926. King George V prepares to congratulate him. A print from Wimbledon Story, by Norah Gordon Cleather, Sporting Handbooks Ltd

Queen Victoria distributing the Crimean medals, Horse Guards, 18 May 1856, (1857). Artist: R Hind
Queen Victoria distributing the Crimean medals, Horse Guards, 18 May 1856, (1857). The queen giving a medal to Sir Thomas Troubridge, who lost both his feet in the Crimean War

Queen Victoria distributing medals, 18 May 1855, (c1920)
Queen Victoria distributing medals to heroes of the Crimean War, 18 May 1855, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

The Prince of Orange Distributing His Medals, 1815

The queen presenting the Albert Medal to coastguard George Oatley, late 19th century, (1900). Queen Victoria decorates one of her subjects

The Queen investing the Emperor of the French with the Order of the Garter, 1855, (1888). Queen Victoria decorates Napoleon III, Emperor of the French

The Queen distributing the Crimea Medal, Horseguards Parade, London, c1850s, (1888). Queen Victoria awarding medals to soldiers who fought in the Crimean War

Return of the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour to the New Khedive of Egypt, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Return of the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour to the New Khedive of Egypt, 1892. Abbas II (1874-1944) succeeded his father Tewfik Pasha. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 27th February 1892

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