HELP with 18 years wh service medal

[tranchant]

hello friends
your opinion pleased on this 18 years wh service medal, i have 2 other in my collection and the head and feather details are very fine comparatively with this!!this medal is magnetic!! for you good or a new generation fake?
thank for all
best regards
patrick

[Ian Hulley]

The head looks like a Souval fake. My Souval isn't magnetic though .....

Ian

[bytown]

Not one that I would want in my collection.

Any casting seams along the edges?

Wayne

[tranchant]

hello
thank wayne and Ian,
you confirm my doubt, i have see many souval and all are no magnetic! on this medal all details are very goods , only head and breast eagle are bad!
best regards
patrick

[steiner68]

hello,

I don't think that is a new generation of fake...

[bytown]

hello
thank wayne and Ian,
you confirm my doubt, i have see many souval and all are no magnetic! on this medal all details are very goods , only head and breast eagle are bad!
best regards
patrick

The reverse is very rough also. Not what you expect to see in these 18yr crosses.

Wayne

[DonC]

Does not have the crisp detail of an original, IMO.

Don

[Ian Hulley]

Here's my original ..



It is magnetic, copper plated and then silvered.

Reverse ...



Hope this helps, Ian.

[Ludwig]

The first cross is, IMO, not original.