Looks caste to me, not of my liking........
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I have owned a number of ostvolks this last few years an IMO the solid back ones without rope are totally original and you often find these with a very nice glossy finish. The solid back ones with rope are later manufacture I believe, I don't think I've seen one of these that look wartime and they tend to have that much thinner suspension which appears to be associated with 57 issue.
Here is a bronze sans rope I sold on the estand a little while ago- 100% periodComment
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Did anybody notice that all the non rope examples shown are of the 2nd class in bronze with swords? As is my only one of this type.
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Really coming in late to this discussion, but would like to add a bit and continue to solicit more input.
Here are some that I have acquired through the years.
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Here are two 2nd class Bronze without swords a little closer.
One is without the rope, and one has the rope.
Both are clearly maker marked on the ring....100.
)You will note in the group picture above, there is a third 2nd class Bronze without swords that is without the rope, but is not marked on the ring)
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Scans of these two for comparison.
Front and rear.
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The maker marks...100...closer on both medals:
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And also note a 2nd class in Silver.
No maker mark on this one.
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One of the 2nd class in Silver has a maker mark that I cannot discern.
Perhaps someone could help on this?
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MM closer:
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Also of interest is the 1st Class Awards are in two different shaped cases.
One has rounded corners, while the other has square corners.
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The Awards in these different Cases have different catches, as does the one with swords in the case.
Here is the award without swords in the rounded cornered case:
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This catch set-up matches the award in the late war envelope:
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Here is the award in the square cornered case:
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And here is the Award with Swords in a rounded cornered case, but again with a different catch set-up:
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