Auction find

[ancientrelicsuk]

Hi Guys,

I took a chance on these in an auction. My feeling is that they are good and from a souvenir or sample board. Does this look likely? Do they all look good?

Thanks for for looking,

Best regards, Guy

[ancientrelicsuk]

The silver DAF LS medal has frosted highlights but the silvering is absent from the rim. I have not seen this before - is this usual? Many thanks again, Best regards, Guy

[Pepe77]

Guy, All medals look good to me except wrong ribbon on Westwall and Volkspflege medal.

[luftkrieg]

Guy, All medals look good to me except wrong ribbon on Westwall and Volkspflege medal.

I agree.

They may have come from a sample board.

Kind regards
Pierce

[Tom Yanacek]

They may have come from a sample board.

I agree with Pierce. The medals are all original and it appears that they all came from a Deumer sample/display board. The Westwall and Social Welfare are for sure Deumer products and I think the others are as well. It is not unusual to see medals with incorrect ribbons on the Deumer display boards. The factory would use whatever scraps of ribbon were still on hand when the display boards were put together.

Best regards,
Tom

[Tom Yanacek]

The silver DAF LS medal has frosted highlights but the silvering is absent from the rim. I have not seen this before - is this usual? Many thanks again, Best regards, Guy

Hello Guy,

Your RAD Medal is a perfectly fine, original medal. Seeing the lack of finish on the edges is normal for these medals. These were struck from cupal, which is primarily aluminum with a thin jacket of copper. What you see on the edges is bare aluminum and the layered effect of cupal: The silver finished copper jackets on the front and back retain their finish well while in the center layer the bare aluminum core is visible.

The medal you have there will be very light because it is mostly aluminum.

Best regards,
Tom

[ancientrelicsuk]

Thanks Guys, I appreciate the

Thanks too Tom for sharing your expertise on this.

All the best, Guy

[peterm]

Hi!

The RAD-medal is indeed a VERY nice piece!

Kind regards, Peter

[Giel VW]

Hi Guy

Nice lot you found there! The RAD would also be for me the highlight

[Antonio Scapini]

I agree with the guys, all medals are wartime original pieces.

[AndyC]

All original IMO



Andy

[petopoint]

5 for Five

Very nice, all originals.
Congrats on Five out of Five, I too like the RAD as Best in lot.

[ancientrelicsuk]

Thanks Guys, appreciate your comments. Glad to hear they are good.

[adlerfan53]

They are all good pieces. However they did not have to come from a sample board. I believe that during the occupation many medals were pinned to boards and sold to allied soldiers. I have had many medals with the pin holes in the ribbon. I beleive they were all pinned to a board at one time for sale to occupying soldiers. Congrats on the nice find.