Front medal 1941/42

[artemss]

Greetings.
Your opinion, copy or the original
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[artemss]

[artemss]

[QUOTE=artemss;3675365]Greetings.
Your opinion, copy or the original
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2 ---???



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[kenneth wolfe]

Hi

Both look good to me.

[ww2]

Real

I don't think there are any Copys of these.but I could be wrong!

[Don D.]

I don't think there are any Copys of these.but I could be wrong!

You are wrong. Even these are faked but the two shown look fine.

[Towarish]

They are both ok.
#2 seems to be a Deumer made Ostmedaille.

[stewy]

Both are good,but believe me there's even some really rough Ost fakes out there. Stewy

[juoneen]

Are either numbered.

[Steve P]

Both are good,but believe me there's even some really rough Ost fakes out there. Stewy

Agreed, these, like most other pieces, are reproduced...But these are fine IMO.

[Don D.]

Both are good,but believe me there's even some really rough Ost fakes out there. Stewy

And some really good ones: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...light=Ost+fake

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...light=Ost+fake

The problem is that most collectors don't think a common award like this is faked so they never check them out. Additionally, if you have nothing to compare it with like a real one, how would you know.

I always am amazed to hear people say things like, "There is no money in faking (insert item name here)." or things like that. How can anyone other than the fakers know what the overhead is on a faked item?

Bottomline is that everything is faked, even Hindy crosses. To assume otherwise is to collect blindly. The fakes are getting better every day. The fakers troll the forums, testing thier products and then improving them based upon the reviews.


ps. I don't want to appear to be jumping on Stewy because I'm not. I just felt this was a good place to remind people about this self-induced collector myth. Young and new collectors start with these common awards and if they are burnt, how many will continue to the next level? I'm going to want to sell my collection one day so some of these guys need to stay around.

[artemss]

Are either numbered.

Are not numbered

[stewy]

Hi Don,no offence taken & yes your very right in what you say mate. Stewy