The tin in this collection was given to soldiers by Queen May at Christmas 1914 and belonged to the contributor's father who fought in the Coldstream guards in WW1, and contained tobacco and papers.

Crimean war (1854-5) medal awarded to Private William Davies, Coldstream Guards, with bars for the Siege of Sebastapol and the Battles of Balaklava and Inkerman. William was born in the tiny ...