Found a Nazi gold medal
Found a Nazi gold medal
Hi,
Just found this Nazi medal whilst cleaning my grandfather's basement. I have no idea if it's real or not, but it looks like gold. Opinions anyone
Just found this Nazi medal whilst cleaning my grandfather's basement. I have no idea if it's real or not, but it looks like gold. Opinions anyone
Re: Found a Nazi gold medal
NSDAP 25 Yr. Long Service medal.... not real gold...... the quality of the enamel, details of the eagle, swastika, and "rays" look very suspect to me....In my opinion it's not original.
John G.
John G.
Re: Found a Nazi gold medal
As I stated earlier.... NOT real gold (even if it was original).... so don't waste your time.snozzer wrote:I'd recommend to check it with your local goldsmith
John G.
Re: Found a Nazi gold medal
Not original.
Eagle = Vulture, and 0-Karat Gold.
Eagle = Vulture, and 0-Karat Gold.
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Re: Found a Nazi gold medal
This is a rather poor copy, the ribbon is also not original. Some pictures of an original for comparison
Re: Found a Nazi gold medal
The medal in the box seems to have a different ribbon to the other medal shown - but is the same pattern as AutoHax0r's medal ribbon.Some pictures of an original for comparison
Note the difference in the stripes.
One pattern has a solid gold stripe with a line on either side.
The other has a gold stripe bordered by two thin lines and internally divided by one thin line.
Are there two official ribbon patterns?
AutoHax0r's medal in comparison is certainly not as well pressed out .
Greetings from the Wide Brown.
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In fact there are 4 types of ribbon known. The reason for this is not known. There are sugestions for the use, but I am unconvinced.
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Re: Found a Nazi gold medal
Interesting posts! Looking for info on the ribbons I came across this link and possible error in the different classes. 1st and 3rd seem to have the wrong description. http://www.axishistory.com/axis-nations ... -the-nsdap
waleed
waleed
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Note the black outline on the cross and swastika.
There are numerous examples of this feature.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=long+service+ ... iax=images
Is this a difference between different official makers, or official and fake?
Greetings from the Wide Brown.
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This piece would need more pictures. I would not want it in my collection
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More detailed pics here
http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/orders-de ... lue-26461/
Curiously, the black "outline " seems to come and go according to angle/lighting.
http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/orders-de ... lue-26461/
Curiously, the black "outline " seems to come and go according to angle/lighting.
Greetings from the Wide Brown.
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Re: Found a Nazi gold medal
As Christopher says it's a fake, probably by Souval of Vienna.
Ian
Ian
Re: Found a Nazi gold medal
Hi WaleedWaleed Y. Majeed wrote:Interesting posts! Looking for info on the ribbons I came across this link and possible error in the different classes. 1st and 3rd seem to have the wrong description. http://www.axishistory.com/axis-nations ... -the-nsdap
waleed
Did you notify anyone about this error?
Someone should
Cheers
Greetings from the Wide Brown.
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The people at War Relics seem to think its OK.Ian Hulley wrote:As Christopher says it's a fake, probably by Souval of Vienna.
Ian
What exactly do you think is wrong with it?
Perhaps you could indicate specific errors.
I'm sure all newbies like me would be appreciative.
Cheers
Greetings from the Wide Brown.