German Auction Firm Sells U.S. Medal of Honor
The provenance of a coin, or in this case a military decoration, can be important. This can be due to the potential of the item otherwise being reclaimed by an individual or by a foreign nation due to the object being family or national patrimony.
This scenario has played out many times for American collectors owning ancient coins. Collectors and museums have needed to defend the legitimacy of their ownership due to the coins having being
