Hero of the Soviet Union / Original

[markus]

I am posting this on behalf of a friend of mine.

Any thoughts on originality? Has it been messed with possibly?

Thanks to anyone for their input!

[markus]

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[juoneen]

Originals are always gold. It should be rather heavy for its size. Not sure if they put a gold mark on them, but would assume something like that may be on the star ring, but am unsure. Does any russian collectors know for sure if they had a gold mark, as even hungarian medals have one that have real gold in them.? Lots of fakes and different generations exisit out there the russians make themselves to sell, and as always a highly prized, and desireable award we all seek to own someday. Although few will..

[Darrell]

In my book it is not WW2 made.

[Komandir RKKA]

The medal shouldn't have any gold mark.
If the number is 6825 - the medal was given on 6 of April 1945.
I don't think somebody can make decision about item by this photos.

[Darrell]

In my book it is not WW2 made.

What I meant was ... Not original of any time period.