Damaged, Repair, Clean, Preserve Soviet Awards And Documents.

Lapa · 01-30-2012, 04:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricFG

Shhh, if The Baltic Mint™ hears about this they'll be breaking out their numbered punches in a hurry.

Eric,

Don't worry, they have been for a very long time already...

Marc

travel-north · 02-01-2012, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lapa

Eric,

Don't worry, they have been for a very long time already...

Marc

I hate when the bad guys mess with genuine medals to artificially increase their value. That's even worse than making fake awards.

PaulR · 04-22-2012, 02:53 AM

I have never even heard of serialized Campaign medals before... they are not logged or archived, so what would be the point? I can see a veteran doing so to sort of "name" his own medals, so that they match up to his CM Medal... but I would not think that this would raise the value of the grouping or etc.

BTW, nice Stalingrad bar!

***desantnik*** · 04-22-2012, 06:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulR

I have never even heard of serialized Campaign medals before... they are not logged or archived, so what would be the point? I can see a veteran doing so to sort of "name" his own medals, so that they match up to his CM Medal... but I would not think that this would raise the value of the grouping or etc.

The serial number matches stamped into the medal matches the recipient's document number.

A s/n'd award could be of higher value due to the unusual/rarer nature of it, but because it is so easy to do (or fake), buyer beware.

PaulR · 04-22-2012, 08:08 AM

Thanks for the reply. Who would hvae stamped the number into the medal? Not the mint, right?

***desantnik*** · 04-22-2012, 10:18 AM

Current belief and indications are at the unit level.

View Poll Results: Repair or not
Leave the damn thing alone! Don't mess with what looks like a period repair	12	54.55%
Have the solder removed to make the serial number readable	9	40.91%
Repair the enamel only	0	0%
Remove the solder AND repair the enamel	1	4.55%
Voters: 22. You may not vote on this poll

04-22-2012, 02:53 AM	#3
PaulR Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA Age: 52 Posts: 405	Re: Serial numbered campaign medals I have never even heard of serialized Campaign medals before... they are not logged or archived, so what would be the point? I can see a veteran doing so to sort of "name" his own medals, so that they match up to his CM Medal... but I would not think that this would raise the value of the grouping or etc. BTW, nice Stalingrad bar!

04-22-2012, 08:08 AM	#5
PaulR Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA Age: 52 Posts: 405	Re: Serial numbered campaign medals Thanks for the reply. Who would hvae stamped the number into the medal? Not the mint, right?

04-22-2012, 10:18 AM	#6
*desantnik* Forum Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Eurasia Posts: 2,341	Re: Serial numbered campaign medals Current belief and indications are at the unit level.

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