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Medals, Badges and Insignia
Decorations, award badges, patches and rank insignia, with how to tell originals from replicas.
Medals and Decorations
- Military Decorations and Medals: A Collector's Guide
- British Military Medals List, Including WWII Awards
- How to Identify Vietnam War Medals
- How to Tell If a Military Medal Is Original or a Replica
- Is there an army service ribbon medal?
- Military Medal Values: What Affects the Price of a Medal
- Purple Heart Medal: Identification and Values
- US WWII Campaign Medals and Ribbons
- What are the military medals in order?
- What is the most rare military medal?
German Badges and Awards
- WWII German Military Badges: Identification and Authentication
- Does Germany still use the eagle symbol?
- How to Identify a Real WWII Iron Cross 1939
- The German Army Edelweiss Badge
- The Knight's Cross and War Merit Cross: Germany's Highest WWII Awards
- The WWII German Eagle Badge
- What does the Teutonic cross mean?
- What is the WWII German Eagle called?
- WWII German Infantry and Panzer Assault Badges: How to Identify Them
- WWII German Wound Badge: Gold, Silver and Black Grades Explained
Patches and Insignia
- Military Patches, Badges and Insignia: How to Identify Them
- Epaulettes and Shoulder Boards on Military Uniforms
- How do morale patches work?
- How to Date a Military Patch by Its Backing and Stitching
- How to get marksmanship badge in the Army?
- Military Lapel Pin Identification
- US Army Chevrons: What Each Enlisted Rank Insignia Means
- US Marksmanship Badges and Obsolete Military Badges
- What are different types of patches?
- WWII US Army Division Patches: Shoulder Sleeve Insignia Meanings
American Militaria
US uniforms, helmets, buttons and field gear from the Civil War through World War II.
US WWII Uniforms and Gear
- US WWII Standard Issue Uniforms and Equipment
- American WWII Pilot Uniforms
- How to Identify an M1941 Field Jacket
- The M1942 Tanker Jacket: Identification and Values
- US Navy WWII Uniforms and Insignia
- USMC WWII Uniforms and Web Gear
- What branch lost the most men in WWII?
- What helmets did Americans use in WWII?
- What helmets did they wear in WWII?
- What was the standard issue Russian rifle in WWII?
- World War 2 Military Helmets: Identification and Values
- WWII Military Dog Tags
- WWII US Paratrooper Jump Boots: Identification and Markings
Civil War Era Militaria
- Civil War Military Insignia and Rank Identification
- Civil War Canteens and Haversacks: A Collector's Guide
- Civil War Kepis: Identification and Makers' Marks
- Civil War Military Medals
- Civil War Militia Uniforms
- Civil War Sabers and Swords: How to Identify Them
- Confederate Uniforms: How to Tell Them Apart from Union Issue
- How to Identify Civil War Uniform Buttons
- Spanish-American War US Army Uniforms
- What does the US Army call their uniform?
- What is the insignia shape of major in the Army?
- Where can I buy Civil War uniforms?
- Who was the meanest general in the Civil War?
European and Soviet Militaria
German, British, Commonwealth, Soviet and other European uniforms and kit, mostly from World War II.
German Uniforms
- WWII German Uniforms and Equipment: A Collector's Guide
- Evolution of German Army Uniforms, 1870 to 1945
- Kriegsmarine WWII Uniforms
- The German M43 Field Cap: Identification and Markings
- Waffen-SS Uniforms and Insignia: A Collector's Identification Guide
- What color did German soldiers wear?
- What is the rarest rank in the US army?
- What were the typical military uniforms worn during World War II?
- WWII German Grenadier and NCO Uniforms
- WWII German Panzer Crew Uniforms: The Black Jacket and Overalls
British and Commonwealth
- British and Commonwealth Militaria Collecting Guide
- British and Canadian WWII Uniforms: Battledress, Commandos and Generals
- British Army Uniform and Equipment in World War I
- British Ceremonial Uniforms and Their Peninsular War Roots
- British Desert Uniforms of the Western Desert Campaign
- Can civilians wear CADPAT?
- Denison Smock: Identifying British Airborne Camouflage
- Home Guard Uniforms and Insignia of WWII Britain
- RAF Pilot Uniforms of WWII
- Victoria Cross Replicas and Fakes: How to Spot Them
- Were fighter pilots in WWII officers?
- What did Germans think of Canadians in WWII?
- What is Britain's most prestigious military decoration?
Soviet and Russian
- Soviet WWII Uniforms and Insignia
- How big was the Soviet army in WWII?
- Russian Military Patches and Their Meanings
- Soviet Army Uniforms of the Cold War
- Soviet Commissar Uniforms of WWII
- Soviet Pilotka Field Caps: Identification Guide
- Soviet Ushankas and Winter Headgear of WWII
- Soviet WWII Medals: How to Identify Them
- Was it the Soviet Union in WWII?
- What types of uniforms did soldiers wear during World War II?
Other European Uniforms
- French WWII Uniforms, from the Army to the Resistance
- Belgian WWII Uniforms
- Danish and Swedish WWII Uniforms
- Finnish Military Uniforms of WWII
- Hungarian WWII Uniforms and Insignia
- Italian WWII Uniforms and Insignia
- Polish Army Uniforms of 1939
- What did Finnish soldiers wear in WWII?
- What type of clothing do they wear in Belgium?
- Why didn't Belgium let Germany through?