An early fake

[stukapilot]

that 65 is original but rusted.

+1

[Douglas 5]

The reverse looks good I Know . The picture I have in my fake files came off the SGDA forum in 2006 .
The inside corners on the front are exceptionally rounded . Can't remember what was said about it .
I wonder if the rust under the beading could have mis-shapen the corners ?

Douglas

[stukapilot]

The reverse looks good I Know . The picture I have in my fake files came off the SGDA forum in 2006 .
The inside corners on the front are exceptionally rounded . Can't remember what was said about it .
I wonder if the rust under the beading could have mis-shapen the corners ?

Douglas

That's the feature of 65 I suppose...

[peterwyndavies]

Thanks Trevor, stukapilot and Douglas.
Sorry to be so late in acknowledging your contributions, but missed the email notification.
Thanks,
Peter

[reichenberg]

There was a dealer here in the UK who was producing these lead or cheap alloy fakes back in the late 1960s and early 70s. As soon as an original award came into his shop he would make a mould to produce copies, EKs, RKs and KVKs. To be fair he almost always sold them as repros, but a lot of his items made their way into the system and were later sold as original awards. In Robin Lumsden's book 'Detecting the Fakes,' which is now long outdated re the fakes shown, there is a photo of an EKI with the caption 'made in a Gloucester dealers workshop.'

[peterwyndavies]

Hi reichenberg,
As you point out, there seems to be no limit to the crudeness of fakes produced, but at least they would not fool most collectors unlike some of those produced later!
Thanks,
Peter