Damaged, Repair, Clean, Preserve Soviet Awards And Documents.

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Now returning tp the topic of Great War or earlier ground dug awards, I recently found this Austro-Hungarian War Medal Type 2 (For actions 1873-1901) for sale after being ground dug in Slovenia. As with all ground dug items the story is not certain but this was probably lost during "routine" rather than combat (although it is not impossible for it to be lost due to action), in the late 19th or earliest part of the 20th century.

This certainly wasn't "smashed up" to cash in as it cost me less than £2 delivered.