This medal group awarded to Private (Rifleman) L. A. Wootton of 1st Battalion, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, is unusual in that it includes a Royal Humane Society Silver Medal for saving persons from drowning and a Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea.

This object is a beautiful, oriental pearl earring acquired by Captain Sir Edward Campbell Bt of the 1st/60th Rifles (1822-82) when the jewels belonging to the king and queen of Delhi were auctioned after the recapture of Delhi in September 1857 (during the Indian Mutiny).

This object from the Museum collection is a superb presentation sword gifted to Lt-Col Norman M’Leod by the NCOs of 3rd/ 95th Rifles in 1809. The sword bears the inscription:

This object is a crystal wireless set hidden from the Germans during the Second World War by British prisoners-of-war in Stalag VIII-B at Lamsdorf in Poland. It was used to listen to BBC news reports and keep the POWs informed of the progress of the war.

A cornet played by a man who lost his left arm and the thumb on his right hand in an act of extreme gallantry during a vicious encounter with rebels in the latter stages of the Indian Mutiny in October 1858.

The Stewart miniatures, is a group of five portrait miniatures of members of the Stewart family in a period frame. Two are of Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir William Stewart who is best remembered for his key role as second-in-command to Colonel Coote Manningham in establishing, organising and training the Experimental Corps of Riflemen (later the 95th…

A medal group that may not be unique, but is certainly very unusual as it reflects the extraordinary length of service of the recipient, Lieutenant Colonel Lord Ruthven of The Rifle Brigade, extending over 64 years to include the Crimean War (1854-56), the South African War (1899-1902) and the First World War (1914-18).

The seal is one of a number of items relating to the Crosse family donated to the Museum following the death of Lieutenant-Colonel R.B. Crosse DSO*, formerly of The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, in 1970.

This is a miniature portrait of Major William Davy who commanded the 5th Battalion, 60th Regiment, at Roleia, Vimiera and Talavera during the opening battles of the Peninsular War in 1808-9.

This object is a small silver casket presented to Lieutenant-Colonel, later Major-General Sir Amos Norcott CB KCH, commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, by the citizens of Paris on departure of the Army of Occupation in 1818.