Memel Medal

[Albert]

Dear All,

I got a parade mounted three medal bar as a part of a grouping. On the very right is the Memel Medal. Considering the circumstances this should be a legit thing; even the award certificates came with the grouping. However, I have never owned a Memelland Medal before and am curious about this one.

Compared to it's two sister medals this one is rather a bit reddish in appearance. Plus, there is a blob on the reverse. It either results from a dirty tool (enclosure) or a broken tool.

Is this type a known original or a known fake? I am being a bit paranoid here, so any qualified input is most welcome and appreciated. Who knows, the guy lived into the 1990s and could have had it switched...

Thanks in advance and

Best regards,

Al

[Albert]

And the reverse. Let me know if you need any detail shots:

[Patrick W]

Albert,

IMO nothing wrong with that medal. The 'm's are different and it has the single acorns at the bottom. Two good indicators of an original piece.

[Seigfried]

If this is original then it's a new one (to me at least!). it isn't the well know repro but also is nothing like the accepted 'original' type either. It looks very similar to nne I posted recently

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...+mounted+memel

I have posted an accepted original for comparison.

[Seigfried]

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[Seigfried]

On further inspection it appears to have come from the same mint - it has the same 'blob' at the 7 O'Clock position! The single mounted memel in my thread was the first that I have encountered that has this feature, along with the single acorn at the 6 O'Clock position - yours Albert is the second.

John

[Albert]

Guys,

Thank you very much. I am attaching a picture of the medal bar and the award doc. I still don't know what to make of it. So far there seems to be two medals of this "blob" type known on this forum John's and mine. I reckon there are at least two or three types or maker variations of this medal. So there is no problem with a medal not to correspond with one or two of the known originals. This doesn't make it either original or fake per sé. So what do we have here a new original type or a new conspiracy

Best regards,
Al

[Albert]

A shot of the reverse. As you can see, first this was an early two medal clasp to which, at a later point in time, the EK2 was added. Again, the clasp came as part of a grouping from the estate of the deceased original owner. After repeated examination it does not look to be messed with.

[Albert]

And the award certificate:

[hagwalther]

Er, Dunno. In a way this reminds me of the 'Big Nose' fake but without the protuding 'big nose'.

Note, the genitalia of the characters seems a little 'exagerated'.

Opinion only ...

Regards ...

[Albert]

Note, the genitalia of the characters seems a little 'exagerated'.

... compared to whose, not yours I hope Sorry my friend, I just had to do it

I just spent an hour looking at old posts. Unfortunately, many pics are gone. Most dealt with the two acorns at 6 o'clock and the wide gap at 12 o'clock. Can't find any ref to this one.

[Albert]

Patrick,
do you have a picture of the one acorn type that you could post?
Thanks,
Al

[Seigfried]

I'm glad you posted it as it may be a rare (?) original which means that I've passed up the opportunity to buy a single mounted version! We need more opinions.

[George Stimson]

I've never seen one like this before, but given the circumstances I would be inclined to believe that it is an original variation.

[Brian R]

I agree with George. I have never seen this type but I believe this to be original. I find the mounting to be very convincing.

Brian