05-05-2012, 11:46 AM
Al-muell Wrote:Hm, generally after 1952 all PR orders were supposed to be made by the State Mint. Before, some were made in Moscow, some in Poland in various places, but I believe that it wasn't untill 1952 when they got the "1944" legend (altough I may be wrong).
On the other hand, before the war Polish servicemen had few types of uniforms and more than one required wearing medals. Some people found it convenient to sew the medals on the uniform, which would make removing them and putting on a different uniform uncomfortable and time consuming, so some people ordered award copies at engarvers' workshops. Even tough the variety of uniform types after the war has decreased, some people could have found this solution interesting.
But that's just a theory.
I will ask some experts, maybe they willput some light on it.
Anyway, all the lower classes I have seen have shiny backs, but so do the copies of 1st class.
Interesting ideas. I think the pattern is too widespread to be explained by veteran-ordered copies though. It'll be interesting to hear from the "experts."
Is this a question of authenticity? I doubt that's it since these are almost never faked. The only pair that I would wonder about is the 3rd class. (Do the two 3rd class examples look authentic?)
