Bunch of medals

[joecreighton]

Hi guys, firstly sorry for the vague title but I have no clue about any of the three medals below so I thought this seemed the relevant place to post, I hope you can help tell me about the history of these medals, whether they're genuine or worth some money (though they won't be sold, they're too intrigueing)

Cheers! I will also be posting other bits around the forums.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/85197402@N03/7803825090/" title="medal2 by joecre01, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8424/7803825090_61db990ce5_z.jpg" width="640" height="296" alt="medal2"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/85197402@N03/7803822606/" title="medal1 by joecre01, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7268/7803822606_2454c88d91_z.jpg" width="640" height="323" alt="medal1"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/85197402@N03/7803904138/" title="medal4 by joecre01, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8446/7803904138_3c22ce9bb7_z.jpg" width="640" height="397" alt="medal4"></a>

[Woolgar]

Hi Joe and a warm welcome to the forum

The first medal is this :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Front_Medal

Nick

[joecreighton]

Hi Joe and a warm welcome to the forum

The first medal is this :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Front_Medal

Nick

Great, thanks a lot, are there any ways to tell if it is genuine?

[Darrell]

I believe the first two are fakes. Just don't have the detail or suspensions like you see on originals.

The third is a fantasy piece (supposedly a medal to do with Stalingrad).

[luftkrieg]

I believe the first two are fakes. Just don't have the detail or suspensions like you see on originals.

The third is a fantasy piece (supposedly a medal to do with Stalingrad).

+1.


Welcome to the forum Joe.

Kind regards
Pierce

[petopoint]

hey joe, where you going with that medal in your hand..

Welcome to the forum Joe.
We all have to start somewhere, this is the place to get an unadulterated,
honest view of your collection.

Peto at point

[RKC]

Repros

Joe:

All those pieces you are showing in your threads are "reproductions". Even the NSFK 'Balloonist' Badge you showed in the Luftwaffe Section!

You didn't elaborate as to where you got these pieces....I sure hope it wasn't from a dealer or some guy trying to say these were pieces his father or uncle brought back with him. If you laid out any money for these you better scoop them all up & get the hell back to that person & get your money back.

Ron

[joecreighton]

Well thankfully everything came in some collection in a charity shop for pennies so hasn't really set me back anything, but oh well, they were still pretty interesting while it lasted.

Cheers for all the help on the forum guys.

Joe

[iron_cross67]

Hi Joe, Does the winter war medal (Ost-Medal) have a number stamped on the ring?

P.S. It does look like a cast one to me also. Mick

The medal looks like this but yours is all silver. Mick