Wiki - Military and civilian decorations

Our intention is to provide our fellow collectors with a series of catalogs of decorations from various eras and countries in order to help them catalog their awards in the exciting world of military collectibles.

The medals collecting or phaleristic, is a discipline really interesting within the military collectibles, in addition to being immeasurable, both for its breadth and for the almost infinite ways of collecting these medals, as it could be done by country, time, conflict, typology, etc.

The value of a collection

In addition to the gratification that is the fact of making a collection over the time, with the research and learning that goes with it, we must not forget that they are antiques and as such, they are investment goods that year after year are increasing in value, even the most modest collection is capable of appreciating in really high percentages over the years.

Our recommendation is that the collection of decorations be taken as an exciting hobby and as a personal enjoyment, leaving aside future investment issues, which although they must be taken into account, but are not the main objective of a collection. However, if we encourage to research as much as possible, not only about the medals, but also about their historical context, thus providing at the same time that we make the collection, a solid base of historical knowledge.

When cataloging the collection, we propose to follow the following example, explained in this article of our Blog .