Fake "Capture of" Campaign Medals

Nota Bene · 06-11-2006, 11:36 AM

Erik,

I can't guarantee that it is indeed genuine. Authenticating from scans in not an exact science.

I have seen original campaign medals with this unusual pebbling.

Alexei

Yeti · 06-11-2006, 04:01 PM

Thank You for the help. I'm glad that it could be original ( if it is a fake then it is really good). I will put it back in my campaign medal collection. :)

/Erik

Nota Bene · 06-11-2006, 08:14 PM

Erik,

Here's an idea - if you have access to a digital scan and caliper, could you weight (in grams, without the suspension and the link) and measure it (diameter and thickness in mm).

Alexei

Yeti · 06-12-2006, 09:21 AM

The scale I have can't read tenths of grams but is quite exact.
The medal is about 32.3mm in diameter, 3mm thick. Ring is 5.8mm and 1.5mm in diameter.
It weighs about 19g.

I will link to some better pictures of the medal, since most of them are too big to attach.

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/Erik

Nota Bene · 06-12-2006, 07:04 PM

Erik,

Thanks for the measurements and the scans. It is indeed very heavily pebbled and it is also too heavy. I am :confused:, but I still can't call it an fake without reservations.

Alexei

Yeti · 06-13-2006, 04:37 AM

Thank You for the help. Hopefully some day in the future we will know for sure. :)

By the way. I got this medal from E in Dec 2002.

Thank You
Erik

EricFG · 05-02-2008, 05:36 PM

I'm planning on selling this here shortly and I'd like to get an "OK" before I do.
I'm 95% sure this is a good medal. What I'd really like is a translation of the winner's name and any other significant information from the card so I can pass that along to the bidder. (wish the site auction page was up and running. been waiting patiently but now I'll just guess at a good price and sell flat out)

edit BTW: this medal seems to have a fairly good amount of gold plating on it in lower areas. Is this normal?

Lapa · 05-03-2008, 02:27 AM

Eric Medal is :thumbsup

It was avarded to Guards Senior Seargent Petrischev, Timofei Ivanovich. Document was issued 10 June 1949 by the Klimovskiy Rayvoenkom (Commissariat).

Marc

Vasko · 05-18-2008, 02:33 PM

I have 2 versions of "Capture of Berlin" medals. Please look at them, and tell me your opinions about them. Thank you!

Nota Bene · 05-21-2008, 06:21 PM

Both are OK.

Alexei

06-11-2006, 11:36 AM	#1
Nota Bene Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: New York USA Posts: 2,296	Fake "Capture of" Campaign Medals Erik, I can't guarantee that it is indeed genuine. Authenticating from scans in not an exact science. I have seen original campaign medals with this unusual pebbling. Alexei

05-21-2008, 06:21 PM	#10
Nota Bene Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: New York USA Posts: 2,296	Re: Fake "Capture of" Campaign Medals Both are OK. Alexei

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06-11-2006, 04:01 PM	#2
Yeti Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 62	Thank You for the help. I'm glad that it could be original ( if it is a fake then it is really good). I will put it back in my campaign medal collection. :) /Erik

06-11-2006, 08:14 PM	#3
Nota Bene Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: New York USA Posts: 2,296	Erik, Here's an idea - if you have access to a digital scan and caliper, could you weight (in grams, without the suspension and the link) and measure it (diameter and thickness in mm). Alexei

06-12-2006, 07:04 PM	#5
Nota Bene Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: New York USA Posts: 2,296	Erik, Thanks for the measurements and the scans. It is indeed very heavily pebbled and it is also too heavy. I am :confused:, but I still can't call it an fake without reservations. Alexei

06-13-2006, 04:37 AM	#6
Yeti Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 62	Thank You for the help. Hopefully some day in the future we will know for sure. :) By the way. I got this medal from E in Dec 2002. Thank You Erik

05-03-2008, 02:27 AM	#8
Lapa Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St Petersburg, Russia Age: 63 Posts: 2,397	Eric Medal is :thumbsup It was avarded to Guards Senior Seargent Petrischev, Timofei Ivanovich. Document was issued 10 June 1949 by the Klimovskiy Rayvoenkom (Commissariat). Marc

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