War Merit Medal Opinions!

[darksidesw]

Hello all!

I'd like opinions on this war merit medal with envelope.
Thanks! Jeff

[Woolgar]

Originals

Nick

[Andy B.]

I'm not a packet guy, but the medal looks good
andy

[Tom Yanacek]

Hello Jeff,

Based on the pictures, it looks like the medal and ribbon are okay. However, I am not liking that LDO packet. It might help if you can post better images of the packet and also post them in the cases & packets part of the forum. From what I see, the paper looks "too new" and it doesn't appear to have any flecking. The printing also strikes me as "new-looking", too crisp, and too perfect.

Here are scans of what I believe an original LDO packet should look like.

Best regards,
Tom

[Ralph Arndt]

Nice Medal.

[Tom Yanacek]

These scans should show the LDO packet in its full (actual) size:

[peterm]

I agree with Tom: good medal, good ribbon, questionable packet.

Kind regards, Peter