05-12-2002, 07:56 PM
Well, I am impressed. The back of this Red Star was polished with some kind of power tool to errase old serial number. This tool had left noticeable concentric rings. "Pebbling" was restored with some kind of sharp tool, which apparently was also used to cut the new serial number. There is no indentation under the new serial number. Fake patina is not that evident. This was of course done to match serial number in the original award document.











