Thoughts on this Mine Rescue Medal...

[leaftree]

Came across this German Mine Rescue medal.
I leaning toward it being a fake:
- Eagle beak looks odd.
- Shoulders of wings look odd...not equal.
- Left side of body down to the legs looks messy.
- Swastika has excess metal on arm.
- Reverse side has unequal excess metal line running around it.

This medal has a real weight to it, feels and looks like silver.

Input would be appreciated.

Regards,

[leaftree]

Last pics

Reverse side. Poor pics, but it's all I have.

[RonR]

Couple for comparison...


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[RonR]

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[RonR]

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[Ian Hulley]

As I worked with The Mines Rescue Service for some time I really HAD to have one of these ..





By S&L I believe ?

Cheers, Ian.

[leaftree]

It's a copy/fake...

Thanks for the replies Ron and Ian,

I had read those threads before I posted:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...e+rescue+medal
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ghlight=sample
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...lesmans+Sample

I got kind of snowballed by them and missed the comment on schonbeck's similar medal to this one, and that it was a copy.

Yes, there were at least two different designs which are mostly distinguishable by the eagles head. One is the type that Ron has posted and the other looks like the medal in post #1 which is a copy of this original.

Regards,