09-03-2002, 08:42 AM
If these are genuine, as the consensus seems to be, it raises the question of what are you collecting and how much is it worth. I have no problem with people buying this or even with them buying fakes - as long as they know exactly what they are getting. The problem is misrepresentation.
In my opinion, an item like this should be sold as, at best, an official post-war late issue with unissued doc (likely knicked from an archive if genuine) and it should be much, much cheaper than proper wartime issue medal with issued doc.
What bothers me is when someone pays the same price for this as for a WWII issue or thinks that this is a WWII issue.
I am also very bothered by blank docs circulating with medals, especially expensive ones.
Just my personal concerns.
Shawn
In my opinion, an item like this should be sold as, at best, an official post-war late issue with unissued doc (likely knicked from an archive if genuine) and it should be much, much cheaper than proper wartime issue medal with issued doc.
What bothers me is when someone pays the same price for this as for a WWII issue or thinks that this is a WWII issue.
I am also very bothered by blank docs circulating with medals, especially expensive ones.
Just my personal concerns.
Shawn
