The hobbyist study and collecting of orders, decorations and award items such as medals and ribbons, sometimes spelled faleristics. The name traces through the Latin phalera, itself from the Greek mythological hero Phalerus, and the practice is treated as an auxiliary science of history and numismatics, since a medal or order's design and issuing body can date and place the historical event or institution behind it.
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Phaleristics, the collecting of medals and orders, is commonly practiced as part of militaria collecting.
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Phaleristics, from the Greek mythological hero Phalerus via the Latin phalera ('heroics'), sometimes spelled faleristics, is an auxiliary science of history and numismatics which studies orders, fraternities, and award items, such as medals, ribbons, and other decorations.
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