opinions on bronze Spanish Blue Div medal

[Ken S]

Please offer opinions on this, real or fake???

[Ken S]

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[Ken S]

Where are the experts on these? Please help.

[fknorr]

Where are the experts on these? Please help.

There are no experts on these I do not think. I will not make any pronouncement of authenticity but from what I remember there are Spanish made ones and German made ones. With "Spanish" manufactured pieces there is always a chance of it being "post war" as I believe they still make these (as do fakers).

The ones that I have had my hands on have all been made of zinc and have had varying degrees of finish loss which from what I remember is indicative of period German manufacture.

[Tom Yanacek]

Hello Ken,

This medal looks like a crude, cast fake to me. It does not look like a Spanish-manufactured piece, and I agree with fknorr that the German-made version should be in zinc.
Best regards! Tom

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Ken, I would agree with Tom's comments about this medal. Mine is zinc.


Cheers, Ade.

[Max Cuypers]

This medal looks actually fine to me. Even the zink German version of this medal was not too crisp in its detail.

[GUERRERO]

After the war the Spanish Government manufactured this medal in a brass or bronze look with a rounded ball to the ribbon ring. This medal hasn´t any maker mark.
Has your medal any maker mark in the ring?


Regards from Spain!!

[gaz]

to me the loop for the suspension ring looks to thick for a german example,and it is not the spanish loop as that is barrel shaped
regards gaz