SS 12 Year Long Service Award for Review

[Dr. Strangelove]

Casting

Please follow the Arrows to the muddy casting areas and look at the top of the SS Runes for the tell-tale signs of pitting.

Now look at the one laying on the Wood, clearly an original.

[Thorsten B.]

The "sharpness" of the runes alone compared to an original is a give-away here.

Not to mention the two areas the Doc pointed out..

[Ludwig]

That´s a nice one Doc!

[Dr. Strangelove]

Credit

That´s a nice one Doc!

I don't own this one, I borrowed the pic from the Medals Forum. I felt it a good comparison.

[Ludwig]

OK, but still nice!

[J C Gray]

Please follow the Arrows to the muddy casting areas.

I'm looking at it on a better monitor now and those areas do look dodgy...I thought it was just crud earlier.

[PEB]

Thanks everyone for your comments, except for the good doctor.

The search continues...........

[placentinha]

The inscription on the back of this medal should be inspected carefully.It is easy to note that a flawn is present at the ¨T ¨from TREUE.This does not occur in original examples.

[J C Gray]

The inscription on the back of this medal should be inspected carefully.It is easy to note that a flawn is present at the ¨T ¨from TREUE.This does not occur in original examples.

Here is an original example with the die flaw...

[placentinha]

Thank you for the information.

[Steve T]

Less flawed T

[panzer1432]

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The "sharpness" of the runes alone compared to an original is a give-away here.

Not to mention the two areas the Doc pointed out..

CORRECT ! I thought we had this worked out. The medal in question is a post war copy. The game is over.

Mike