An Intermediate Guide by Military-Memorabilia The U.S.Army authorized a number of clasps to be affixed to the ribbon of the WWI Victory Medal to denote service or combat in various fields or areas. A listing...
A Basic Guide by Military-Memorabilia For a beginning collector of U.S. Medals, a basic understanding of Brooch Styles is necessary to determine your medal's age. This guide is meant to give a basic knowledge...
Apparition Medals ~ Apparitions of the Virgin Mary have been claimed by faithful Catholics for hundreds of years. In these visits the Blessed Mother frequently has words of advice, messages of love, a call to...
The first time I saw a Black Madonna medal, my reaction was 'Our Lady of ....What?' The names and locations of many of the Black Madonna representations are not familiar to us, however, they represent a unique...
Collecting medals depicting various Popes and Vatican scenes and symbols is a great area of vintage religious medal collecting. This variety of medal carries the portrait of a Pope on the front with various...
This is part 2 of my article on collecting vintage and antique Black Madonna religious medals. If you would like to read part one, please click here -Black Madonnas Pt 1 Notre Dame de Vassiviere Notre Dame de...
The Prussian 1897 Centenary Medal (Zentenarmedaille ) was officially titled the Medaille zur Erinnerung an des Hochseligen Kaisers und Königs Wilhelm I., des Großen, Majestät to honor the 100th Birthday of...
An intermediate guide by Military-Memorabilia The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps authorized a number of clasps to be affixed to the ribbon of the WWI Victory Medal to denote service in various fields or areas....
All about the SAFEGUARD CROSS MEDAL OF THE HOLY INFANT JESUS OF PRAGUE Here is a full explaination on this medal, to share with you my knowledge about it. I hope you'll enjoy it. 1. EXPLAINATION : Safeguard...
The standard definition for a copy medal is: an unofficial reproduction of a medal which is manufactured with NO intention to deceive a collector. Many of these copies have some type of identifier on the medal...
