Good original one, IMO no refinish or respray, simply a bad die stuck hit.
Finish on these medals were made in at least 2-3 different ways (quite common during the TR medal-badges production).
Differences are in the base metal, not in the surface.
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
[QUOTE=Antonio Scapini;7378981]simply a bad die stuck hit.QUOTE]
Could well be Antonio...that was my first thought as well, but then I wondered how the lettering would have survived a bad strike so perfectly. Could it be possible that debris in the die would cause such an anomaly?
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