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    Comparison on SS 8 years medal.

    Hi guys, some weeks ago we made a discussion about a SS 8 years medal.
    After some researches I show you what I found and I'd like to know your opinion about.

    This medal is condidered fake, but there are some details that let me me think:
    1) the medal is die struck (a really expensive process only for made some fakes)
    2) the medal has a weight of 28 grams (an original "type I" is around 24)
    3) eyelet is corect soldered and done in the way of other TR period medals.

    I bought a lot of fakes, also in the web site (thanks JC Gray) who sells medals that looks like this, but the medals are:
    1) all cast
    2) with less quality
    3) with a weight of 14/15 grams (more than 10 less than an original).


    I'm still looking for an example like this but until today I found no one; I'd like handle one for personal inspection.
    Any opinion/improvement, for our collector community, is really appreciated.


    Here the medal:
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    Last edited by Antonio Scapini; 01-22-2013, 11:56 AM.

    My books:


    - THE WEHRPAß & SOLDBUCH OF THE WH
    - THE SS TK RING
    - THE ITALIAN-GERMAN MEDAL
    - THE ANTI PARTISAN BADGE
    - THE AWARDS OF THE LW

    and more!


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    Its weight and the eyelet. The second picture shows the medal is die struck.
    Attached Files

    My books:


    - THE WEHRPAß & SOLDBUCH OF THE WH
    - THE SS TK RING
    - THE ITALIAN-GERMAN MEDAL
    - THE ANTI PARTISAN BADGE
    - THE AWARDS OF THE LW

    and more!


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      And now last fake I bought, not even close to the medal I showed before.
      This fake is clearly cast and its weight is around 14 grams.
      Attached Files

      My books:


      - THE WEHRPAß & SOLDBUCH OF THE WH
      - THE SS TK RING
      - THE ITALIAN-GERMAN MEDAL
      - THE ANTI PARTISAN BADGE
      - THE AWARDS OF THE LW

      and more!


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