Help Needed on Heer 4 yr award

[William J]

I received this nice parade mount Heer 4 yr in a trade this week. I noticed that when I compared this one to a luftwaffe 4 yr and luftwaffe 12 yr I've owned for awhile that there were differences. While the eagles on the two luft medals looked identical (the medal eagle not the devices), this one had subtle differences (the shape of the eagles head, beak, breast and wings). The photos don't show it correctly, but this medal has a bright "new coin" appearance. I'm hoping it is a very lightly used correct example, but I will appreciate all opinions.

Thank you all in advance!

[William J]

Medal Detail

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[William J]

Reverse

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Thank you again!

William

[William J]

No One?

Nobody even want to hazard a guess as to it being OK or ?

William

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi William, I don't have a huge amount of experience with these, but I don't see any problems with it? There will be, I am sure, more than one maker for this award. Hence the differences you are seeing.

Cheers, Ade.

[Gary B]

HI,

I believe all/most of these are magnetic. Have you tried a magenet on it?

Other than that the medal and bar construction looks ok to me.

Gary B

[William J]

Thanks to all. I am sure that the differences are due to maker. Yes, it is magnetic. I appreciate all the help, and I'm glad to add it to the collection!

William

[CSForrester]

Here to compare a modern copy form austria/hungaria, also the eagle is a fake. The medal for 12 years is also in produktion, like the 18 and 25 year crosses, the occupation-medals and more.
Material is iron, magnetic. Often found on new assembled medalbars.
Regards
CSForrester

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[CSForrester]

....and the reverse: