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Fake Restoration, Construction and Development Medals - lenin501 - 08-05-2013
Thank you very much for the help, Bill and CtahhR :thumbsup
This one was just offered to me by a friend, in comparison with the marketplace photo, it looks good to me, but its always nice to have a second opinion. :D
Fake Restoration, Construction and Development Medals - Alfred - 08-05-2013
lenin501 Wrote:Thank you very much for the help, Bill and CtahhR :thumbsup
This one was just offered to me by a friend, in comparison with the marketplace photo, it looks good to me, but its always nice to have a second opinion. :D
Looks okay to me. Bigger pictures of the medal (and not from the white background) would not hurt.
best regards
Andreas
Fake Restoration, Construction and Development Medals - Bill Garvy - 08-05-2013
Agreed, that's more like it. Compare your most recent example to the first example you posted. The differences should be more obvious. There are "ring variations" of more recent manufacture, I think, of this medal, which your first example is trying, albeit unsuccessfully, to be, but these are more scarce.
Fake Restoration, Construction and Development Medals - CtahhR - 08-05-2013
Looks like I'll have to buy the example on the marketplace....
You have been warned, 20 hour notice.
Fake Restoration, Construction and Development Medals - rocketscientist - 12-22-2013
Shall I pass on this one? Apparently they forgot to apply the gilding... :confused:
Fake Restoration, Construction and Development Medals - USSR - 12-22-2013
I know little about these so the only thing I can do is to show mine for comparison. The only problem is that I'm not sure mine is real :rolleyes:
Btw, it looks like your medal is cast.
Fake Restoration, Construction and Development Medals - rocketscientist - 12-22-2013
Thanks God, I it not mine, this time I managed to resist.... :)
Yes, I also think it might be a cast copy.
Fake Restoration, Construction and Development Medals - USSR - 12-22-2013
rocketscientist Wrote:Thanks God, I it not mine, this time I managed to resist.... :)
Good for you :thumbsup
Any thoughts on the medal I have posted?
Fake Restoration, Construction and Development Medals - rocketscientist - 12-22-2013
Well, much better than the one I have shown, with a lot more details and crispness. Still, no trace of the gold wash I would expect on such medals. I have no explanation. Normally you can still see some remaining of the gilding in "protected" areas. Here, I can't see any.
Fake Restoration, Construction and Development Medals - travel-north - 12-24-2013
USSR,
your medal looks like a badly cast copy. Not even close to the original.