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Military Decorations and Medals: A Collector's Guide
A collector's guide to US military decorations and medals: how they are grouped and worn, how to identify and authenticate them, and how to care for them.
Medals, Badges and Insignia
Medals and Decorations
US and British medals, ribbons and orders of precedence, plus what drives a medal value and how to spot a replica.
British Military Medals List, Including WWII Awards
A guide to British military medals, from the Victoria Cross and George Cross to the WWII campaign stars and service medals, with identification tips.
How to Identify Vietnam War Medals
How to identify US and South Vietnamese medals from the Vietnam War, including the Vietnam Service Medal, campaign ribbons, and common unit awards.
How to Tell If a Military Medal Is Original or a Replica
How to tell whether a military medal is original, a replica, or altered, using documents, construction, ribbons, naming, and maker marks. Use several checks.
Is there an army service ribbon medal?
The Army Service Ribbon is a ribbon-only award, not a medal. Here is who earns it for finishing initial entry training, and how to recognize one.
Military Medal Values: What Affects the Price of a Medal
What makes a military medal worth more or less? Naming, documentation, rarity, condition, and demand all affect price. Here is what to weigh when valuing one.
Purple Heart Medal: Identification and Values
How to identify a Purple Heart medal by its design, ribbon, and marks, and what affects its value, from unnamed examples to documented, named awards.
US WWII Campaign Medals and Ribbons
Guide to US WWII campaign medals and ribbons, including the Asiatic-Pacific and American Campaign awards, service stars, and how to tell the ribbons apart.
What are the military medals in order?
Military medals and ribbons are worn in a fixed order of precedence. Here is how the US Army order works, with the top awards and where to find the full list.
What is the most rare military medal?
There is no single answer to which military medal is the rarest. Here is how collectors measure rarity, and which awards are usually cited as the rarest.
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