Memel database of originals

[Antonio Scapini]

Hi guys, until now there was a lot of confusion about this beautiful and rare medal. So, before my book will be ready for publication, I post here a little database of originals Memel for reference.
The medals are divided in "Tilted G" (4 different makers) and "Slanted G" (7 different makers).

Hope this can be of help for the collector community.

FIRST PART:
TILTED G

[peterm]

Good work, Antonio! Thank You!

Kind regards, Peter

[bytown]

Thanks Antony.

Wayne

[luftkrieg]

Very helpful, thank you Anthony.

Kind regards
Pierce

[Antonio Scapini]

Thanks guys, I go on with the second part.
Today too I've seen on web some identifications of the Memel makers that are completely wrong, to avoid it happens again in two days I'll post all the pictures.

SECOND PART
STRAIGHT G

[Antonio Scapini]

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[Antonio Scapini]

I end these posts with the summary of the Memel research until today:

Original Slanted G
- Slanted G type 1: "Hauptmünzamt Berlin"
- Slanted G type 1.1: "Förster & Barth"
- Slanted G type 2: "Meyebauer" of "Double acorn"
- Slanted G type 3: unknown maker


Original Straight G
- Straight G type 1: "Schickle"
- Straight G type 2: "The Schreiber"
- Straight G type 3: "B.H. Mayers Hofkunstprageanstalt"
- Straight G type 4: "Deumer"
- Straight G type 5: "Petz & Lorenz"
- Straight G type 6: "Steinhauer & Luck"
- Straight G type 7: unknown maker

Unknown Memel: The "B-Memel"

The fakes:
SLANTED G FAKES:
- Fake "29"
- Fake "Meyebauer" or "Double acorn fake"

STRAIGHT G FAKES:
- "Mask fake" or "Rettenmaier fake"
- Podium fake or Souval fake
- "Deust" fake
- Fake "Steinhauer & Luck"
- Fake Straight G 7
- "B-Memel fake" or fake "J.Wagner & Sohn"

[Geislingen]

Thanks Antonio for the very detailed information, much appreciated. Can yu post pictures of the fakes listed in your post? It will be useful for new collectors to recognize the fake ones.

Regards
Hamdy

I end these posts with the summary of the Memel research until today:

Original Slanted G
- Slanted G type 1: "Hauptmünzamt Berlin"
- Slanted G type 1.1: "Förster & Barth"
- Slanted G type 2: "Meyebauer" of "Double acorn"
- Slanted G type 3: unknown maker


Original Straight G
- Straight G type 1: "Schickle"
- Straight G type 2: "The Schreiber"
- Straight G type 3: "B.H. Mayers Hofkunstprageanstalt"
- Straight G type 4: "Deumer"
- Straight G type 5: "Petz & Lorenz"
- Straight G type 6: "Steinhauer & Luck"
- Straight G type 7: unknown maker

Unknown Memel: The "B-Memel"

The fakes:
SLANTED G FAKES:
- Fake "29"
- Fake "Meyebauer" or "Double acorn fake"

STRAIGHT G FAKES:
- "Mask fake" or "Rettenmaier fake"
- Podium fake or Souval fake
- "Deust" fake
- Fake "Steinhauer & Luck"
- Fake Straight G 7
- "B-Memel fake" or fake "J.Wagner & Sohn"

[Antonio Scapini]

Hamdy I understand your request, and I'll do my best for improve this thread with the fakes too when my time permits.
However if someone need help he can post some pictures in the "General Wehrmacht Awards" room and we will be happy to give our opinion about.

[hlynur76]

Good work Antonio

How about pinned?

[Antonio Scapini]

Pinned!

[rommelius2]

Good work on this medal ....I am waiting on english version book as many others,

regards Peter

[Seigfried]

double post

[Seigfried]

I end these posts with the summary of the Memel research until today:

Original Slanted G
- Slanted G type 1: "Hauptmünzamt Berlin"
- Slanted G type 1.1: "Förster & Barth"
- Slanted G type 2: "Meyebauer" of "Double acorn"
- Slanted G type 3: unknown maker


Original Straight G
- Straight G type 1: "Schickle"
- Straight G type 2: "The Schreiber"
- Straight G type 3: "B.H. Mayers Hofkunstprageanstalt"
- Straight G type 4: "Deumer"
- Straight G type 5: "Petz & Lorenz"
- Straight G type 6: "Steinhauer & Luck"
- Straight G type 7: unknown maker

Unknown Memel: The "B-Memel"

The fakes:
SLANTED G FAKES:
- Fake "29"
- Fake "Meyebauer" or "Double acorn fake"

STRAIGHT G FAKES:
- "Mask fake" or "Rettenmaier fake"
- Podium fake or Souval fake
- "Deust" fake
- Fake "Steinhauer & Luck"
- Fake Straight G 7
- "B-Memel fake" or fake "J.Wagner & Sohn"

This seems contradictory to me - at the top picture it says Tilted G Type 1 29 original, and further down Slanted G 29 Fake - can you not post a pic of each medal with a 'fake' or 'original' next to it? Are we calling them tilted or slanted?

[Antonio Scapini]

It is not contraddictory, it is easy:
if "X" is an original medal and exist a medal copied from that "X", I call it simply "X fake".
This happens in all others fields: for example a DKiG original marked "20" is an "original 20", a fake is a "Fake 20".

Hope now is all clear.

I post a straight G 7 original and a Straight G 7 fake. Same name, but one is only "Straight G 7" and the other is "Fake Straight G 7".