Bill Dienna Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Hello, Gents....I cannot seem to find an answer to this question.I have two Legions of Honor, knight class, in my collection, both from around the period of WW I or thereabouts. One is the "standard" size order. The other is NOT a miniature, but it is noticeably smaller than the standard decoration by about 1/3. Does anyone know if there is any significance to this size difference?Many thanks!Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Different manufacturers, different personal taste? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Dienna Posted September 4, 2007 Author Share Posted September 4, 2007 Different manufacturers, different personal taste?I don't know, Ed.The difference is so noticeable that I didn't think that it could be a manufacturers' variation. I mean, the smaller example is really about 2/3 the size of the standard example. It really is quite perplexing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 These smaller LoH specimens have a long history. See recent M&E sales. I have always assumed these were smaller specimens (distinct from miniatures) made to serve a marker that wanted stylishly small medals, like the German "prinzen" stuff. Remember, in a system like most of continental Europe where the award is the piece of paper, you have to buy the medals on the open market and all the inventiveness of individualistic free-market manufacture is in play. We as collectors are left with the quandry as to what is a legitimate specimen and what isn't (unlike, say, the UK or USSR where all gongs are made centrally to standards and awarded as a tangible medal). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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