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The problem is that next owner of these beauties can try to sell them as originals ...

Check it out!

Constitution! (nothing is sacred! )

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JAPAN-The-Imperial-Constitution-Promulgation-Commemorative-Medal-Reproduction-/281196011594?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417896a04a#ht_129wt_924

Even silver one!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JAPAN-East-Hebei-Commemorative-Medal-Reproduction-/281196009539?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4178969843

Where is the auspicious clouds?

Unfortunately the pictures are gone

http://arhivmolotok.com/orden_blagoprijatnyh_oblakov_7-2523528233.html

Yep.

Come get some!

Another example of cased 1940 badge (the most rare!)

And again box is in terrible condition (another box is in posts #32-33)

I wonder why?!

But the silver badge (my first one) is much heavier and thicker than the aluminum alloy one (the second one).

That`s why I said that it is very interesting.

Indeed it looks like much higher quality piece (and indeed like silver one!)

... aluminum alloy one (the second one). As for being an after war copy, I have not found any information about this particular badge that is definitive.

Unfortunately I become more and more suspicious about these light aluminum badges ...

This one looks like patriotic youth organization badge (I have somewhere one - will post in a couple of days)

This one looks like patriotic youth organization badge (I have somewhere one - will post it in a couple of days)

Here comes another interesting photo

No silver mark and therefore perhaps a lower quality of silver content? But is primarily silver. And my use of "first"...only to specify that is one of two badges I was posting.

Actually this "silver one" is very interesting!!!

Will it be possible for you to weigh it?

These two are equivalents of badges from posts #31-40.

Btw, I heard that some of our colleagues think that these are after war repros ...

Ooops!

While I was typing you were posting

Thanks for reverse photos Tod!

I understand no silver marks in sight

Looks nice!

But its not the first silver cased one (see posts #113-120)

Can you post photo of reverse Tod?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JAPAN-East-Hebei-Commemorative-Medal-Reproduction-/281196021245?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417896c5fd#ht_146wt_924

8th class auspicious clouds and non-enameled bars for pillars of the state are also "in production"

An interesting repro of East Hebei from Stavropol

Engineer Konstantin Andreevich Verzhbitsky

American specialist Frank Bruno Honey

Comrade Ulyanova and her "tractor" # 447

Academician Krzhizhanovsky with his "tractor"

Current starting bid for this one is $10000