Phaleristics
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Phaleristics, from the Greek mythological hero Phalerus via the Latin phalera, sometimes spelled faleristics, is an auxiliary science of history and numismatics which studies orders, fraternities, and
Soviet and Ukrainian medals from the Historical Museum of the Donetsk police
George VI
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George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last emperor of India from 1936 until the British
Phaleristics
…Although established as a scientific sub-discipline of history, phaleristics usually studies orders and decorations "detached from their bodies". King George VI loved the study of phaleristics, going to the extent of personally overseeing his uniform designs and ribbon placements. He is known to have designed…
Formal portrait, 1938
Edward VII (far right); his son George, Prince of Wales, later George V (far left); and grandsons Edward, later Edward VIII (rear); and Albert, later George VI (foreground)
The Duke and Duchess of York (centre, reading programmes) at Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane, Queensland, 1927
On the cover of Time, January 1925