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06-11-2006, 11:36 AM | #1 |
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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 |
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06-11-2006, 04:01 PM | #2 |
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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. :)
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06-11-2006, 08:14 PM | #3 |
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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, 09:21 AM | #4 |
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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. *** LINKS REMOVED BY MODERATOR *** /Erik Last edited by Nota Bene; 02-21-2007 at 07:55 PM. |
06-12-2006, 07:04 PM | #5 |
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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 |
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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 |
02-20-2007, 08:20 AM | #7 |
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Two Budapest medals
The medal on the left (never mind the strange grease that refuses to come off) is thinner and lighter and, as shown in the third scan, has a surface defect (a sign of casting?). The one on the right looks better to me apart from the ring and I am not sure if it is crisp enough for it's age. Measurements:
Left: weight (without link) 15.6g, diam. 32.44mm, thickness 2.14-2.2mm Right: weight (without link) 17.01g, diam. 32.16mm, thickness 2.76mm. Thanks in advance, Sergei |
02-20-2007, 08:58 AM | #8 |
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Sergei,
I don't like the medal on the left. The one on the right is good I think.
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02-20-2007, 10:39 AM | #9 |
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Sergei,
I believe that the medal on the left is a cast fake with one of the worst rings I have ever seen. Now, about the one on the right, it doesn't seem to be very crisp at all, which, to me, is a worry. Can you please post better scans of the medal on the right. Marc |
02-20-2007, 02:15 PM | #10 |
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Thanks. If not better then at least bigger scans of the medal on the right in the previous post.
Sergei |
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