Our story
About Bruno Mado
Welcome to Bruno Mado Medals
Twenty-five years in the trade
Before it was a collector's piece, every medal was the recognition of one particular man.
Bruno Mado was born with the expectation to turn the fondness for military collecting into a tool that gives collectors easy access to a wide range of awards and a simple, fast way to buy them.
Twenty-five years of dedication to military collecting let us see first hand what collectors of military orders and medals expect from their usual dealer: authentic pieces, fast shipping and competitive prices.
Chronicle
Five centuries of military honours
Orders and decorations were born to reward loyalty and courage. These are some of the ones that shaped the history our catalogue brings together.
- 1430Order of the Golden FleeceFounded by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. It passed to the Spanish Crown with the Habsburgs.
- 1740Pour le MériteFrederick the Great creates Prussia's highest order of merit.
- 1771Order of Charles IIICharles III founds it to reward those who serve the Crown.
- 1811Order of Saint FerdinandCreated by the Cortes of Cádiz during the Peninsular War. Its Laureate Cross is still Spain's highest award for valour.
- 1813Iron CrossInstituted by Frederick William III of Prussia in the wars against Napoleon, and renewed in 1870, 1914 and 1939.
- 1856Victoria CrossQueen Victoria creates Britain's highest award for gallantry after the Crimean War.
- 1864Order of Military MeritIsabella II founds it to reward the services of the Spanish Army.
- 1918Military MedalCreated in Spain to reward distinguished deeds in the field.
Our guarantee
Every piece in our catalogue was made before May 1945
We know that forgeries are the evil that lurks in the collecting of orders and military awards. Therefore, and because we are fallible, we guarantee a full refund of the amount paid if the customer is not satisfied with the purchased product.
Provenance
Pieces recovered at international fairs and from the drawers of veterans' families.
A big part of the awards we offer have been bought at international fairs as well as directly from the families of the veterans who received them. We also offer pieces consigned for sale by their current owners, after a thorough check of quality and originality.
Bruno Mado archive · Circular no. 1
Notice to collectors
We all know the quality of today's forgeries. We appreciate the continued help of our customers to identify and remove any fake piece that could be included in our catalogue by mistake.
The management
The archive
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Official note
Exclusive scientific, academic or educational purpose
In conclusion, this web page displays and sells objects that are related to Nazi and Soviet regime and are about the historical events occurred during that period. However, the sales are purely for scientific, academic and educational purposes. Those responsible for Bruno Mado are limited ourselves to the identification of the product without further valuation regarding its authenticity and condition, without detriment to recognize and reject the terrible consequences of the political regimes represented that those objects provide to the entire international community, and especially the persecution by different motives such as racist, anti-Semitic, ideological, beliefs, ethnic, sexual preferences or any other that such regimes carried out during the first half of the twentieth century. From Bruno Mado International Orders and Medals, SL we absolutely reject any justification, no matter how implied it may be, regarding the pernicious ideological substratum that may contain some of the items that we sell, and we affirm our commitment to a free, and democratic society that respects minorities.