Kris D

Hi. I want to say my opinion. I have not bad collection of poland awards, and stoped to collect them when i understund how many fakes, copys, modern produced items exist on the market. Its very difficult to purchase 100% original items....

My opinion that on the first page (communist era) first Virtuti military is fake, Grunwald order 1,2 classes is fakes......sorry. If you put good scans maybe more fakes or copies will appeared......

Regarding "good scans" - are you clicking on the small picture ? If you do so the hyperlink will open up a new page showing the obverse & reverse in detail. I fail to see how much better the images could be bearing in mind download times.

I mean Peoples Republic (P.R.L.) Medals - Page 1

- Virtuti Militari Third Class,

-Order of Grunwald First Class,

-Order of Grunwald Second Class,

-Medal of Merit on the Field of Glory Lenino - all 3...

May be more fakes - pictures are not good.

Thank you for your comments. You answered the first part of my question - which medals you consider "fakes" but not the second - why you consider them to be fakes. All these medals where purchased from reputable dealers in the UK, one has been established for over 40 years. I trust their judgement.

Regarding the quality of the photographs - others have complimented me on the photography, so that must remain subjective. - Regards Kris Duzniak

I see fakes, especially on 1 page

Which medals do you consider to be "fakes" & why?

Nice. I shall add a link when I get home...

If there are any pictures you'd like from my site, please let me know.

Thank you for your response, please feel free to use any pictures on the site. I shall also be adding a link when I next update. - Regards Kris Duzniak

Here it is Dan my evil one.

Front.

A really nice collection of wound badges. I have a few on my website in the Imperial German & Third Reich sections - http://www.polishmedals.co.uk

This is a link to my new site featuring a collection of Polish medals. The site also has sections on Imperial German and Third Reich medals and Inter Allied World War One Victory medals.

I welcome comments and suggestions.

http://www.polishmedals.co.uk/

This is a link to my new site featuring a collection of Polish medals. The site also has sections on Imperial German and Third Reich medals and Inter Allied World War One Victory medals.

I welcome comments and suggestions.

http://www.polishmedals.co.uk/

This is a link to my new site featuring a collection of Polish medals. The site also has sections on Imperial German and Third Reich medals and Inter Allied World War One Victory medals.

I welcome comments and suggestions.

http://www.polishmedals.co.uk/

I have a nice vaulted Iron Cross 1st Class to an Austro-Hungarian artillery officer. I do not have his medal bar. Bidding ended for the medal bar about 5 minutes after the EK1. Having won the cross, I went to protect my bid on the bar. I was outbid by a sniper who had never placed a bid until the last minute (this is a practice that peeves me. If you are interested in an item, let other potential buyers know by placing at least a minimum bid so they can gauge how much interest there is). Fine. He wanted the bar enough to bid alot for it and it was the seller who split the group to begin with; I could live with losing. When I received the winning bid notice, I contacted the seller and told her to offer the EK1 to the winner of the medal bar. He wasn't interested. All he wanted, apparently, was his pretty little medal bar and he didn't care about the history, the man, behind it.

Well, now I have a pretty little EK1, but it is severed from the man and the history behind it.

I agree about not splitting groups. Disagree about sniper software. I always snipe my bids, this avoids entering a bidding "war" and subsequent increase in final price. What is the point in letting other bidders know of your interest if the only outcome is paying more for a piece and possibly losing it ?