08-29-2010, 09:49 PM
Pobeda45 Wrote:Hi guys,
Here's my order of Patriotic War 1st Class, 1945. It's interesting in that the number was corrected from a "5" to a "6"
Well George, I hate to break it to you, but the only "corrections" on serial numbers I know of that weren't first buffed out and redone completely at the mint, were done by individuals trying to match a serial number to documents (and of course the same is done the other way around sometimes).
The upshot is that whatever the original number was, in this case presumably a 5, is the original number. With a mint correction there is almost no trace of a correction except to the highly trained eye and usually with the help of magnification equipment.
I'm sorry to say that this particular order is not the one mentioned in whatever paperwork you have with it.:(
The good news is that it is a very fine example of a GPW 1st class otherwise.
Phillip
Phillip
