US Military Dog Tags — How to Spot Counterfeit Ones I’ve held maybe two hundred military dog tags over the past six years, and here’s...

Why WWII US Officer Insignia Gets Faked So Often WWII US Army officer insignia rank identification has gotten complicated with all the reproductions flying around—and...

What Made WWI Puttees Different As someone who spent three years collecting and handling authentic WWI British officer kit, I learned everything there is to...

Why Japanese Sword Reproductions Matter to Collectors Japanese military swords how to spot reproductions—that exact search phrase tells me something important. The market for authentic...

Why Soviet Insignia Is Harder to Read Than Western Rank I started collecting Soviet militaria about six years ago, thinking rank identification would be straightforward....

Why Soviet Medal Authentication Matters for Collectors Soviet military medals have gotten complicated with all the reproductions flying around. I learned this the hard way...

Why Ribbon Bars Matter to Collectors Vietnam War medals confused me when I started collecting about four years ago. The first thing that threw me...

Why Korean War Insignia Gets Confused With WWII Korean War insignia has gotten complicated with all the WWII confusion flying around. I spent three years...

WWII German Wound Badge Grades and Values Explained WWII German wound badge collecting has gotten complicated with all the misinformation flying around — especially online,...

WWII German Iron Cross Grades and Values Explained Iron Cross collecting has gotten complicated with all the misinformation and wildly inconsistent pricing flying around. As...