06-29-2011, 10:38 PM
I wonder if there are any DPRK and Cuba representatives wandering around Militaria type events taking note of serials. A good few DPRK items have defaced (or attempted defaced) serial numbers on them but the vast majority are untampered with. I have yet to observe a defaced People's Republic of Bulgaria serial, although they weren't always very "orthodox" when it came to recording the serial with awardee.
Don't forget every real award with a fake number (the really low ones or ones made to match paperwork) all deface a true serial number, there will be many real awards out there that will never be able to be reunited with their group or paperwork because someone has thought they'd make a couple of quid more by knocking a number or two off.... All these real orders "Glory" 3rd Class that get defaced being "upgraded" or made to have a 3 or 4 digit serial, don't the people doing this that these aren't just playthings to be manipulated but real combat awards to real veterans for real service?
Don't forget every real award with a fake number (the really low ones or ones made to match paperwork) all deface a true serial number, there will be many real awards out there that will never be able to be reunited with their group or paperwork because someone has thought they'd make a couple of quid more by knocking a number or two off.... All these real orders "Glory" 3rd Class that get defaced being "upgraded" or made to have a 3 or 4 digit serial, don't the people doing this that these aren't just playthings to be manipulated but real combat awards to real veterans for real service?
