1 oktober 1938 medal with prager burg

[netkuuk]

I bought this medal but now i don't have a good feeling about it.

What do you guys think of it?






Thanks

[bytown]

Looks like a good original.

Wayne

[Tom Yanacek]

It looks good to me as well. What are your concerns?

Best regards,
Tom

[netkuuk]

I couldn't find a medal on the internet with the same prager burg bar.

But thanks for the help i'm glad it's a real one.

[bytown]

I couldn't find a medal on the internet with the same prager burg bar.

But thanks for the help i'm glad it's a real one.

On the bar first bush from the left are there any initials?

Wayne

[Ian Hulley]

The medal itself is A-ok but I've not seen pins like that on a Praga Spange, as Wayne says there should be what looks like 2 letters.

Here's mine ..



and the pins ..



All the ones I've studied have had this type of pin, that doesn't necessarily mean yours is wrong though.

Cheers, Ian.

Ian

[netkuuk]

I can't see any initials maybe they are too small?

Here a photo of the pins.

[Tom Yanacek]

Here a photo of the pins.

Oh my! That Prague Castle Clasp does not look good from the backside.

Best regards,
Tom

[Jean-Claude]

Hi Netkuuk

Nice Sudeten medal. No expert but, as far as your Prager bar is concerned all my miniature versions (13, 15mm) as well as the 22mm wide version have no initials (HC) and I have full size bars with and without the "HC" initials so I'm not sure all full size bars should necessarily have the initials to be original but someone on the forum should be able to confirm either way. However I do know that one Memel medal has small HC intials (on the back) but most dont so its probably the same here

My "HC" bar is attached to a loose ribbon like yours so the clips are visible and are indeed of the broad/wide pointed style like on the clasp shown by Ian. No idea what the clips look like on my drapery mounted medal with the bar without the "HC" initials because the medal is tightly mounted to the ribbon and vaulted so you cant see the clips

Regards

JC

[netkuuk]

Today i watch the medal under microscope but can't find any initials.

But the medal is a good one and the prager bar is a fake?

Can you see from which maker the medal is?

[Jean-Claude]

Today i watch the medal under microscope but can't find any initials.

But the medal is a good one and the prager bar is a fake?

Can you see from which maker the medal is?

No idea who the maker of your Sudeten medal or if your bar is fake but a lot of these have no maker's marks. From what little I know "HC" are the initials of the engraver that actually made the die, not the initials of designer of the medal and bar or the maker so he may have liked to sign his work/dies but it stands to reason dies created by other craftsmen would not bear these initials. None of my Anschluss or my Sudentenland medals have the "HC" initials except one Memellandes medal and 1 Prager burg spange. Attached is a pict of the position of mark on my Memellandes but most are not marked that way
JC