dcollect,
Okay, so your type 2 variation 3 is different from the three examples I shown above, looking at the lettering and crown rays.
Can you post larger PICS of the Variation 4? Also, how sure are you that it is in fact a restrike? I very well may have this version but I would like to confirm it with better/larger PICS first. How common is the restrike?
Thank you!
Tim
hello there ,
i followed the post for a while and i see on your pics you have the variation you are talking about as you can see on my site , i do not need to send the bigger pics , you have this one in your collection .
more info about the restrike and what made me think it is a restrike :
- this variation is a medal with a very new finish as you look at the color
- i have never seen this variation in a original grouping
- a lot of the medals on the ebay and other websites are from this type and specialy the last 8 years
- in belgium there is a collector who have 100 of them all together with some other restriked medals ( arab campaign , african ampaign WW2 , etc.... )
- most of the medals come without the iron pins to mount the ribbon on the uniform .
Now the good part for your medal , i call it a restrike and not a fake one ,
this is a restrike but by a correct original WW1 maker and with the same machine . it looks 99 procent at the WW1 ones , only with a very 1 procent error in the strike . these are striked again far after the war for people who had lost there medals and for the collections . every medal in belgium can be reproduced by medal makers . so do not worry this is not a fake one so do not throw it away please .
i have one in my collection and i like it because i collect the belgium medals by type and maker
thanks , dcollect