03-29-2003, 09:56 PM
I wouldn't denigrate Ed's point of vue. Phaleristics societies did good research works (I saw too Ed's various works about world's medals and it's impressive). I'm not in such societies because I don't need them for the instant. Why? I'm lucky, I gathered my own "society", i.e. a group of friends and knowledge seen on militaria fairs. Secondly, here on this forum I find for free and in great respect all the avantages of a society. Thirdly I don't have too much money for various societies (I already work in an aeronautical society), nor the time. I'm young collector, and gather money for this passion is a hard job!
My opinion: in europe we have great societies. But, as I pointed it out in the greeeat debate about souvorov 1st class, in France we are by far more conservative and consider (that's an error in my opinion) soviet like too exotic, or cheap. Germans are like this I think but a bit less, coz historically they're more orineted
towards Russia. My critic towards phaleristic societies: not give sufficient time to communist phaleristic (too recent, not the quality compared to older medals, too politiclaly oriented,etc...): where is the non-hungarian doc about the communsit period?
maybe I'm too young for this kind of society: staistically, a great number of collectors are seniors, coz when you bought house , built good career and raised children you have time and more money than a starting young for a hobby. Just statistics, not 100% law. So I' not sure to have my place in such organisms. But I'm confident about their value.
hope having been helpfull, sebastien
My opinion: in europe we have great societies. But, as I pointed it out in the greeeat debate about souvorov 1st class, in France we are by far more conservative and consider (that's an error in my opinion) soviet like too exotic, or cheap. Germans are like this I think but a bit less, coz historically they're more orineted
towards Russia. My critic towards phaleristic societies: not give sufficient time to communist phaleristic (too recent, not the quality compared to older medals, too politiclaly oriented,etc...): where is the non-hungarian doc about the communsit period?
maybe I'm too young for this kind of society: staistically, a great number of collectors are seniors, coz when you bought house , built good career and raised children you have time and more money than a starting young for a hobby. Just statistics, not 100% law. So I' not sure to have my place in such organisms. But I'm confident about their value.
hope having been helpfull, sebastien
Sebastien
"a spectre haunts Europe, the spectre of communism"
(a well-known german bearbed)
"a spectre haunts Europe, the spectre of communism"
(a well-known german bearbed)
