eastern front medal

[Betty Swollocks]

hi all, im brand new to the site and its brilliant. just wanted to pick your brains. im really into ww2 especially the eastern front. im thinking of buying an eastern front medal and its the first ever medal ive bought. ive spotted one on thirdreichmedals.com. if you click on "whats new" on the left of the page and go half way down the new page you will see one for £47.50. it comes with a paper packet and looks in great condition.

the question is does it look real or could it be a dreaded fake. im clueless on this as only a starting novice.

i know its a bit of work for someone to do but im planning to buy more.

i'd appreciate your help, darren

[Tiger88]

I dont see anything looking like a eastern medal on tha middle of page? I see a K&Q in the beginning though. At an outrageous price too.

[Chet Sowersby]

I would advise you to purchase one off our e-stand. They are available on a regular basis and generally less than the price you menhtioned.

Chet

[Betty Swollocks]

thanks for your help guys.
tiger i apologise it looks as if it sold and its gone from the site.
is there one common mistake a faker makes with these medals i can look out for ?

thanks again, darren

[Tiger88]

No problem Darren. I'm a novice myself at this. Eastern medals are fairly cheap
at dealers too 30-45 euro mostly. It seems like the more rare and expensive the
medal, the better the fakes. The few eastern medal fakes I have seen are often of poor quality.
(maybe that's why I can spot them).

Good luck!

[Betty Swollocks]

thanks tiger for the info. can you recommend a good honest site that sells german ww2 militaria, with no fakes.

[Gene]

Off topic but "Betty Swollocks"??

[Snni]

thanks tiger for the info. can you recommend a good honest site that sells german ww2 militaria, with no fakes.

Use the E-stand..
Most better prices, and very very few fakes inthere. They are always spotted by experts.
Just my advise

[Betty Swollocks]

thanks for the advise sonny. sorry for being dum but where is the e stand ?

[Snni]

thanks for the advise sonny. sorry for being dum but where is the e stand ?

In the bottom of the main forum page.

Here is a link the the awards page:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...splay.php?f=45