For outstanding scholarship in the field of firearms’ research
The HBSA welcomes nominations or recommendations for this award
History of Awards
2023
Dr Nicholas Harlow – James Woodward & Sons
2022
Brian C Knapp – The Capping Breech Loader in British and Colonial Military Service 1838-1869, Volumes 1 & 2
2021
Jonathan Ferguson – Bullpup Rifles
2020
Frank Bucholz and Thomas Bruggen -German Machine Guns Developments, Tactics and Use 1892 to 1918
2019
No award
2018
Donald Dallas – Alexander Henry Rifle Maker
2017
Robert Wilsey – The Italian Vetterli Rifle: development, variants and history in service
2016
Tom Davis Jr. – Great Britain-The Tommy Gun Story As Tom Davis Jr is a US citizen resident abroad, he receives the Gold Medal We agree that James West should be awarded the Cup for his outstanding research contribution to the book
2015
No award
2014
Awarded jointly to Tony Edwards and Dr Dieter Storz Tony Edwards – British Secondary Arms of the Great War: The Arisaka in British Service Dr Dieter Storz–German Military Rifles. From the Werder rifle to the M71/84
2013
David Harding – Lead Shot in the English Civil War: A Radical Study
2012
Luke Mercaldo, Adam Firestone and Anthony Vanderlinden – Allied Rifle Contracts in America
2011
David Thomas – British Pistol in Great War shared with Guy Wilson – Vauxhall Operatory
2010
Paul Cornish – Machine Guns in the Great War
2009
Terence Smith – rifleman.org.uk website
2008
Dieter Storz – Mauser 98 in German Service (President’s Medal since not UK citizen)