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Thank you for your Reply Richard I also had just very good experience whit this Auction House, It is based in Lausane which is just an hour drive from where I live and they have a very nice store in city center. I was just extremely surprised that they put this garbage in there and 300Euro are still 420$. To be honest I didn't understood "restrike" in the first place (lack of English skills), still I think it's a nice word for "fake". I agree whit you that it's probably better to not write them, It would not have any effect anyway. However what do you think about the for example lot 87 the Precious Brilliant Golden Grain, where do they find stuff like that??? certainly not in Beijings antique street Thank' again Richard and lets hope someone here has the change to get one or two of these nice medals to post some closeups best regards a l e x

I hope this is of interest: Check out this Auction Catalog from a Swiss Auction House: http://www.coins-la-...php?aid=60&pg=9 :jumping: First: Where the hell do they find stuff like this?? for example the Precious Brilliant Golden Grain (Lot 87) or the 2nd Class Double Dragon (Lot 84)? Second: Why are they trying to sell cheap fakes along whit these rare an almost impossible to get medals (Lot 105-109)????? I will email them to ask (inform) about the fakes as soon as someone here whit more experience can confirm that the Lots 105-109 are fake... best regards and a nice day to you all a l e x

Hello Linas This is a Rosette of the Imperial Time Expired Soldiers League badge. They come in many different colors and I don't know the category of yours. I used the Book "in the Name of a Living god" by Paul L. Murphy and Steven L. Ackley to identify this badge, it has 8 pages only about this badge and its variants. If you are planing to buy more Japanese badges I suggest you get a copy of the book. cheers a l e x

Emmanuel, Thank you very much for your reply! as always I'm very surprised with the quality of answers you can get in this forum! also thank you for the address, I will contact the gentleman in ask for help to date this medal. Do you know If this is more a civilian or a military award? kind regards and have a nice day a l e x

feel free to show your cased lion & sun medal here…

Hello Gentlemen Here is a medal of my collection I would like to share. The breast star and the sash medal I had for some time, but I finally – after a long search – found a case for this medal. I know that the pieces are not a 100% match, for example the sash medal is Belgian made and the Case is out of Arthus Bertrand manufacture. However I'm very happy because I like the medals in my collection cased. best regards a l e x

here is the hallmark (sorry for the bad picture, I don't have a macro lens)

Hello gentlemen I recently acquired this medal, it's my first Nepalese medal and after some internet research I understand that this must be the "Order of Gorka Daks-hina Bahu". So here are my questions: - Am I right that this is the 5th class? - Is there any chance to date this medal or at least narrow down the date? - What was it awarded for, military, civilian? - what is the approximatley value of this medal (I payed about 200$ and would like to know if I payed to much for it) Thank you very much for your help a l e x

I think this is just a fake, look ad the cast (marks) in the case they are from a (real) medal with 3 hooks and not from that paper-clip backside of that medal. best regards PS: this is just my personal opinion, no offense.

Thanks for showing this Richard, did you win the one or both auctions?

Thank you for bringing this one up Richard, I was watching this too stunned by the pricey outcome. I think the price is specially high because there is no case!

This is a nice order I like the detail on it. I can only agree here Pauls book is great I use it a lot for research an identification! Paul did you date (80s 90s) the medal only by the case? best regards a l e x

Never mind, one have to start somewhere. Pre-Communist orders are very beautiful in my opinion, but also very very expensive these days.

Hello Linas Unfortunately this is a very pore fake. Take a look at these original meals I pictured a year ago in the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall in Taipei: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=38696 http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=38745 If you compare them with the tons of fakes you see on ebay you will soon get a Idea about Chinese Breast Stars. The fakes are mostly made of brackish metal and generally lack of quality. There is also a very good book which maybe helps you out: http://chinesemedal.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/recently-published-chinese-orders/ Best regards a l e x

Here are the Pictures of Richards beautiful medal. I only upload these for him, so this is nod a medal in my collection!

Paul that would be great! If you manage to get one I will for sure cover for the price and the shipping. Thank you for your efforts!

Thank you Paul, so I can cut away this ugly piece. Do you know where I can a Replacement like yours?

Hmmmm, you probably don't have a Mac I emailed them to you in the right size (USMCGungHo@aol.com), It would be nice to see them here…

Thank you Richard! What a beautiful medal and the condition is perfect! I only have a 3th class rising sun but the 2th class is much nicer with the breast star. Thank you for sharing this!

Hello Richard Can you post a link where we can see the medal? I was to stupid to find it on the OMSA site. cheers a l e x