Fake Saving Drowning Medals

[deValcourt]

This is another from a batch of what appear to be fakes to me being sold on ePay from one seller. Cheap, but very annoying regardless.

Phillip

The other two are here:http://www.soviet-awards.com/forum/sovie...ls-14.html

[Nota Bene]

Phillip,

Fake as a three dollar bill.

Alexei

[Retired1811]

Any thougths about this one please???

[deValcourt]

The pictures really should be better, but from what I can see it looks good. The odd suspension ring is as it should be.

The problem with these types of medals is, as Eric(FG) pointed out in a different thread, they are widely and easily faked because good copies are so hard to spot without either having the expertise or the medal in your hands.

Phillip

[Lapa]

Retired,

It looks OK to me from what can be seen. As Phillip indicated, better scans would not hurt.

Marc

[Nota Bene]

Guys, you must have eagle's eyes! I can't tell anything from these pictures.

Alexei

[deValcourt]

Guys, you must have eagle's eyes! I can't tell anything from these pictures.

Alexei

Alexei, old chum, if I had worded it, "despite the inadequate level of detail visible in the images, I cannot make out anything to suggest it is not OK, so kindly take better photos before make any determination at all" would it have been better?;)

In short, I think we both qualified our opinions with statements to the effect of: considering what we were given to work with...:)

In my opinion, this is one of the hardest medals to determine authenticity just from photos or scans, but I didn't see anything overtly off about it - so far.:rolleyes:

Phillip

[Retired1811]

Lets try these..........

[Nota Bene]

... "despite the inadequate level of detail visible in the images, I cannot make out anything to suggest it is not OK, so kindly take better photos before make any determination at all" would it have been better?;)...

Yes, what Phillip said :)

The new pictures are great, and as far as I can tell the medal appears to be genuine.

Alexei

[Retired1811]

Thanks.............I will be using the old digital camera from now on regarding posts.......:thumbsup