Heer 18 year service medal

[Buuzert]

Please an opnion about this heer 18 year service medal
Real or fake ???

Thanks in forward,
Eric Jan

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[kenneth wolfe]

Hi

I personally do not like this one. IMO I think that it lacks overall detail. In the corners it looks not completely cut out, the 18 seems distorted and when viewing the ring from reverse side it just doesn't exemplify the quality I would expect. Also the ribbon looks unusually new but to touch it would be the key in finding out if it's a replaced, modern ribbon.

Kenneth

[kenneth wolfe]

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Just thought about it and this ribbon could be one of those ribbons that was recently cut from an original roll. But that's just a thought.

Kenneth

[mrg]

Hi really need better pics with less of a flash, and would agree going off those pics it does not look good. The eagle alone does not belong on the ribbon and should be on the 25yr award as it appears to be gold, the lines appear to be signs of casting goin off the pics.All the best

[dannyIII]

Not a good one and the eagle is from a 12 or 25 year medal

[Buuzert]

I had contact with the seller and i can tell the next story:

The whole medal is cleaned because it was all black from the " patina"
I "hate" when medals are cleaned.
The ribbon is brand new, so it doens't belong to the medal and definately not the eagle which is put on it.

Thanks a lot to you all, probably i was to sleepy to notice it.