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    cws

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    Is there any dealer in UK or in Europe, which sells the original US Medal of Honor (Navy, Airforce Army)?

    I am aware that it is illegal for sale in the United States but I have heard it is rampant in Europe. Never seen one before. Anyone has a lead?

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    Hello CWS,

    yes, in the United States it's illegal. In Europe You can legal buy every Medal (including VC, MoH and the Ritterkreuz).

    The great Problem in Europe are the many bad Copy's, especially of MoH's.

    The last Original MoH,s are offered by Elite Militaria on Ebay UK for 3200£.

    All the Best

    Matt

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    There are two types of collector. Those who collect for the medal , it's history and it's original owner. There is also the collector

    who sets out to have one of every type for a given country. I imagine that there is where the un-issued MoH disappear to.

    Register your name and wants with a few of the top British Dealers and Auction Houses - eventually one will appear.

    Try , Morton and Eden ; Spinks; Christies , Liverpool Medals , for starters. Mervyn

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    If you are checking unissued versions of the army MOH it will be of interest to see if the backside of the medal is blank or has the inscription V100F 10KGF HLP.NYC at the bottom.

    For a long time H.L.I. Lordship Industries in New York was the only official manufacturer of the army Medal of Honour. They all were marked with the above mentioned inscription. Between 1991 and 1994 the company, without permission of the authorities, sold about 300 officially marked MOH to collectors. After being alerted, the FBI retrieved a number of these medals and confiscated the dies that Lordship industries used to make the MOH. Of course the company also lost its right to manufacture the MOH.

    Not all 300 MOH's were retrieved as many were sold to the collector's market already and from time to time an army MOH with such markings appear on the market. These are more desirable than the ones with blank backside because they are at least official, albeit unauthorized, specimens. I think a bit comparable to the specimens of the Victoria Cross that the official manufacturer of the Victoria Cross, Hancocks & Co, made a number of years ago. However, this was an authorized limited edition, and clearly marked (and I think also numbered) as specimen.

    Needless to say that, for the average collector, it is almost impossible to obtain,original issued Victoria Crosses or Medals of Honour. These specimens can, in my opinion, therefore serve as a satisfactory substitute for the collection.

    Pieter

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    • 2 weeks later...

    Dear Guys,

    Thank you so much for the information. I will check on the auction house and see the possibility of any one pops out...

    Elitemilitaria has the Army version and the back of the medal does not have the "The Congress to"... it is a little dubious. Not too sure because there is lacking of reference on variants (if there is any)...

    In emedals.com, similar issue as some medals have the ring (to attach with the ribbon) does not adhere to the standard pictures of reference.

    I have contacted liverpoolmedals.com and it seems like they have a few. I am waiting for some pictures as I am a little picky on the condition of the medals.

    If any of you have some leads towards a minty conditioned US Medal of Honor, I hope you can assist me. Willing to pay good price for it...

    Thank you all again and wishing you a great New Year to all of you!

    Cheers,

    CWS

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