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    oliver860

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    1. Hi Jim,

      Yes, the sammler.ru suspension is odd. There is a close-up shot of it:

      sammlerbelgsuspension.jpg

      It looks like the suspension lug (it's too odd a shape to call a ball) is part of the planchet rather than soldered or welded on, and there is a lip on the top edge of it that must have been made after the filing was done. So, I wondering if the sequence of making it was:

      1. make the blank with suspension lug

      2. file the suspension lug flat on the back

      3. put the blank in the die and strike the medal, producing the lip on the top edge of the lug

      4. drill the hole through the lug - too close to the back, so raising the bump across the lug

      The medal on eBay also seems to have the suspension lug integral with the planchet - indeed, there seems to be a plinth under the lug, much as the British Type 2 has. The lug was either made much more square than the sammler.ru one or filed to that shape.

      It's a shame we don't know if there are any markings on the edge of these 2 medals. I can't see 'LA' or 'R' marks on them either, and there is no PAUL DUBOIS on the obverse. There doesn't seem to be a suspension like these in Jean-Michel's collection or anything like it in Laslo so the question is - what are they?

      Bill

      This medal is mine. No inscriptions.

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