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and the backside...

unlike the Golden Grain medal I posted 2 days ago, this one I got from ebay. I'm pretty sure that this is a FAKE because It looks simply to good. But I'm not an expert in chinese medals, so can someone confirm this? cheers a l e x

Ok, this brings some light in the dark! Thank you! :cheers:

Thank you Noir 7 What do you guys mean with "unofficial"? Who made them? Are these fakes?

GORGEOUS! Tanks for posting!

So its the 4th class! I have just a few Chinese medals, but like this one, my collection in primary Japanese... If I remember right I payed about 40$ in the antique shop back in shanghai THANK YOU!

Sorry, so I posted in the wrong section is it possible to move this add to the french section thanks for the info!

and here the back...

Here the front (I had a hard time with the 70k)...

Here is the Box, I need a few minutes to make the closeup...

Gentleman I brought this medal back from China. I think this is an Order of the Golden Grain. What i don't know is the class or for what reason it was awarded? I think this is not a fake, right? Thank you a l e x

This medal is in my collection for a wile, unfortunately I'm not an expert in Indochina colonial medals. I know the history about DDP, I even visited DDP once on a travel to vietnam . I bought this medal in Hanoi in a small backyard shop after askin myself thru the city to find old medals fo houers. To cut to the point; was this only avardet to the veterans of the Battle? If i remember Bernhar B. Fall's "Hell in a very small place" right there were only about 12000 defenders. So, is this hard to find, expensive? Thank you a l e x

case closed, Thanks :cheers:

It is so great as a medal collector to have you guys expert opinions! Sorry for the misdirection! I read about the Marshal's badge did you posted pictures of it somewhere? I would love to see an original one, i only so the fakes on ebay...

Thank you for the Information, do you know if Japan differ Army, Air Force and Navy ore is this Badge used for all Pilots? I spend hours looking for this Badge on the Net with no result, I'm so glad I found this Site!

If this is General Hisaichi Terauchi (promotet to War minister 1936) this will help out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisaichi_Terauchi to identify the medals by the painting is hard, but the long one on his right with the red ribbon is for sure a french l?gion d'honneur.

and the back side...

Gentleman, I'm new here and as an collector of Japanes Medals very excited to found this Site. I spent the last 5 Hours reading most of the Japanese Medal Topics and learnt a lot of intresting facts. So i got this badge which gives me some riddles; This looks like a pilot-wing and i think this is JDF. Can somone help me out with confirming this information or maby date this badge? I bought this in Taipei (Taiwan) in a antique shop about a year ago... Thank you a l e x PS: sorry, I'm not native english

Hi, Nice Photo Number 13 look familiar to me. This is a Hat of an Swiss Colonel (Swissgerman: Oberst). But what the hell does a swiss officer on this picture?