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Old 05-25-2008, 12:37 PM   #41
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Re: FAKE XX anniversary.

Dsc,

This medal is an obvious fake: shape of the ring, enamel, bumps on the rays, poorly defined edge, lack of details on the reverse (grass, soldier, etc).

Most likely a cast fake; I even doubt if it is struck in silver, from the look of it.

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Old 05-26-2008, 11:51 AM   #42
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Re: FAKE XX anniversary.

I am very disappointed !
But was the first time that i saw this medal , and the desire to posses it won over the good sense !!
In fact there where a lot of evidence !!
The next time i will be more wise.
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Old 05-26-2008, 01:44 PM   #43
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Re: FAKE XX anniversary.

Dsc,

I hope that you did not lose too much on this one :mad:

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Old 05-26-2008, 02:32 PM   #44
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40 Euro !!
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Old 05-26-2008, 03:27 PM   #45
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40 Euro !!
Since these usually cost 800 USD+, didn't you get the feeling that it was too good to be true?
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Old 05-30-2008, 11:37 AM   #46
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Fake 40th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War

You can clearly see the traces of the erased inscription.

The seller, however, states : "RARE Soviet Russian USSR medal: 40th Anniversary Victory in GPW - FOREIGN Variaton"
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Old 05-30-2008, 12:58 PM   #47
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Re: Fake 40th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War

Well, I guess it was a matter of time. I assume we will see the same with 100th anniversary of V.I. Lenin and the 30th anniversary of Victory.
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Old 05-30-2008, 02:44 PM   #48
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Re: Fake 40th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War

Patrik,

I have already seen a 100th Anniversary about 2 years ago.

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Re: Fake 40th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War

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You can clearly see the traces of the erased inscription.

The seller, however, states : "RARE Soviet Russian USSR medal: 40th Anniversary Victory in GPW - FOREIGN Variaton"
I saw that and thought to myself "am I seeing what I think I'm seeing?"
I can understand the whys and hows of it, I just don't get why they did such a half-assed job of it. I wonder how many will fall for that?
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Old 05-31-2008, 03:29 PM   #50
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Re: Fake 40th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War

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Well, I guess it was a matter of time. I assume we will see the same with 100th anniversary of V.I. Lenin and the 30th anniversary of Victory.
Unfortunately, all three medals for foreigners are very commonly faked.

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