Medals

What is the difference in full size medals and miniature medals?

Nov 11, 2010 by elder mick | Posted in Hobbies & Crafts

I am hoping to get into medal collecting as a hobby.I notice prices for medals and miniatures.Can someone tell me what the difference is between the 2 as I don't want to get stung by paying for a medal and finding it is only a miniature.Is there a difference

I suspect one is the full size, and the other is a smaller version of it! :-)

Miniatures are designed for wear on evening jackets and in formal affairs. Miniature medals are a great secondary purchase. They also work well for secondary

How to mount Military Medals

How to mount your Military Medals. This covers how to re drape the ribbon of your medals to prepare them for mounting.

Mark Lenzi, Olympic diving gold medalist, dead at 43

19.05.12

Mark Lenzi, the 1992 gold medalist in men's springboard, died Monday at age 43.

The American diver was hospitalized in Greenville, N.C. two weeks ago after suffering a series of fainting spells.

Lenzi earned gold at the Barcelona Olympics and followed it up with a bronze medal performance in Atlanta. He was an All-American diver at the Indiana University, winning championships in the one-meter springboard, three-meter springboard and platform events in 1989.

Source: Yahoo! Sports (blog)

Harold Darden earned military honors risking his life as a rifleman during World War II about 70 years ago, but he only recently got to hold the medals he earned waging war against the Nazis.

The U.S. Army shipped Darden's medals to his Athens address last month only after family members and U.S. Rep. Paul Broun helped the 90-year-old veterinarian secure the awards.

The Athens-Clarke County Commission also honored Darden's service last week with a proclamation.

It took Darden and his supporters a year to secure the medals. He never got them when he left the Army in 1946, and his family requested them after he mentioned the missing medals at a family event last year.

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