01-25-2003, 12:51 AM
I'm kind of late on the thread, but I'm probably the 'king' of poor condition glories, having over 300 in my collection.
However, did they get that way in combat? Our 'romantic' sides would want to think so, but most likely, they were just worn for many years after the War.
One contact of mine in Russia put it this way: 'there are city medals, and then there are country medals... the city medals were worn by people that worked in the city, and stayed in good condition. The country medals were worn by your common farmer and were kept in dirty places...' That seems to me to be a good explaination of how the awards ended up that way!
Dave
However, did they get that way in combat? Our 'romantic' sides would want to think so, but most likely, they were just worn for many years after the War.
One contact of mine in Russia put it this way: 'there are city medals, and then there are country medals... the city medals were worn by people that worked in the city, and stayed in good condition. The country medals were worn by your common farmer and were kept in dirty places...' That seems to me to be a good explaination of how the awards ended up that way!
Dave
