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06-11-2006, 11:36 AM | #1 |
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Fake "Capture of" Campaign Medals
Erik,
I can't guarantee that it is indeed genuine. Authenticating from scans in not an exact science. I have seen original campaign medals with this unusual pebbling. Alexei |
06-11-2006, 04:01 PM | #2 |
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Thank You for the help. I'm glad that it could be original ( if it is a fake then it is really good). I will put it back in my campaign medal collection. :)
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06-11-2006, 08:14 PM | #3 |
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Erik,
Here's an idea - if you have access to a digital scan and caliper, could you weight (in grams, without the suspension and the link) and measure it (diameter and thickness in mm). Alexei |
06-12-2006, 09:21 AM | #4 |
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The scale I have can't read tenths of grams but is quite exact.
The medal is about 32.3mm in diameter, 3mm thick. Ring is 5.8mm and 1.5mm in diameter. It weighs about 19g. I will link to some better pictures of the medal, since most of them are too big to attach. *** LINKS REMOVED BY MODERATOR *** /Erik Last edited by Nota Bene; 02-21-2007 at 07:55 PM. |
06-12-2006, 07:04 PM | #5 |
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Erik,
Thanks for the measurements and the scans. It is indeed very heavily pebbled and it is also too heavy. I am :confused:, but I still can't call it an fake without reservations. Alexei |
06-13-2006, 04:37 AM | #6 |
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Thank You for the help. Hopefully some day in the future we will know for sure. :)
By the way. I got this medal from E in Dec 2002. Thank You Erik |
05-02-2008, 05:36 PM | #7 |
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Koenigsberg - OK? & translation please
I'm planning on selling this here shortly and I'd like to get an "OK" before I do.
I'm 95% sure this is a good medal. What I'd really like is a translation of the winner's name and any other significant information from the card so I can pass that along to the bidder. (wish the site auction page was up and running. been waiting patiently but now I'll just guess at a good price and sell flat out) edit BTW: this medal seems to have a fairly good amount of gold plating on it in lower areas. Is this normal?
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05-03-2008, 02:27 AM | #8 |
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Eric Medal is :thumbsup
It was avarded to Guards Senior Seargent Petrischev, Timofei Ivanovich. Document was issued 10 June 1949 by the Klimovskiy Rayvoenkom (Commissariat). Marc |
05-18-2008, 02:33 PM | #9 |
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I have 2 versions of "Capture of Berlin" medals. Please look at them, and tell me your opinions about them. Thank you!
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05-21-2008, 06:21 PM | #10 |
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Re: Fake "Capture of" Campaign Medals
Both are OK.
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