Bilco Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 It looks go to me Rob. My 'tell' is the fineness of the fingers, particularly the forefinger of the hand holding the baton. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumserbrown Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Hi Bill, thanks again for the reply (don't seem to be many of us on these interallied victory medal fora at the moment!). It looks good to me, but always great to have a second opinion. What surprised me when I took this out of its wallet was how light it was compared to most of the other victory medals, but when I looked it up in Laslo after, he says exactly the same thing and this was extra reassuring. I bought this medal almost 12 years ago from a dealer in Bangkok who assured me it was genuine and thankfully he was right as this was the last of the series for me to obtain and it was very expensive! cheers Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 sumserbrown, I agree with Bill. It looks fine to me as well(the forefinger protruding from the baton, the bottom of the baton and the headdress all look ok) and it looks in in very good condition. Great purchase, very hard to find. I would love to have one myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumserbrown Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Hi Graham, if you want I can let you have the abomination I used as a placeholder until I managed to buy the real one. It's a hideous modern piece I think from the UK, but it lets you pretend you have that elusive and expensive Siam medal (if you squint hard enough) ? best wishes Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 sumserbrown, I appreciate the offer?!!! I would not want to disturb it from its prominent placeholder position?!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiDave Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 HI All Here are examples of 3 fakes and 1 genuine sold by a well known dealer. Unfortunately all were advertised as genuine. The dealer of course knew the fakes were not genuine, as the pricing was totally different. Cheers pics of copy 1 - covered ear (Laslo "Repro Type 1") pics of copy 2 - also covered ear (Laslo "Repro Type 1") - very similar to the above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiDave Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 (edited) pics of copy 3 - seems to be one of the $30 "museum" copies coming from UK 1 out of 4 was really genuine ... Edited April 9, 2021 by ThaiDave split items Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiDave Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Hi All Here is a "covered ear" "repro" from a European auction house some time back. The dealer was advised in advance, but sold as genuine anyway. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobW Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 On 10/04/2021 at 00:10, ThaiDave said: Hi All Here is a "covered ear" "repro" from a European auction house some time back. The dealer was advised in advance, but sold as genuine anyway. Cheers Hello ThaiDave, The Europeans are certainly not the only ones who have clear fakes/repro's in their auction catalogues that fail to amend their listings after being informed. I suppose when there is money to be made and ignorance can be claimed then some vendors will proceed regardless of the longer term impacts to their credibility/reputation. As long as the Siam vics are as rare and/or as expensive, we will continue to see this. Regards, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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