01-12-2009, 03:09 AM
Kirchgoens Wrote:Odd. Why would that happen? This was bought one or two steps from the recipient's family in Central Asia. There are no docs (small town/village families often pitch them after grandpa's passing, seeing no value in paper), thus no need to fake a number to make a matched set. It doesn't have the obvious damage sometimes seen in an effort to obscure the number either (I've got two OG3s with that sort of damage). I had figured it was just "sloppy" handwriting at the mint, but who knows? You'll see in earlier posts within this thread similar tough calls on at least one other OG3 s/n.
Where I sometimes find these, there are no dealers to filter out the strange ones. I also see a LOT of broken pieces (especially OPW2 and ORS enamel and BM "ears").
Given that you are not supposed to sell your awards, perhaps an attempt by the recipient or family to hide the true number so they could not be identified?:confused:
Brendan
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Marshall Geogi Zhukov to General Eisenhower, 1945
