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    surfing the internet i found this ugly medal on ebay!

    and now, tell me who is the seller ... yes, the famous rarit?tensammlerclub!

    i would say, that this medal is a cast copy - because the seller states it as a silver example with 835 mark in the ring.

    please let me know what you think!

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    I'd be willing to bet the devil is in the details or rather the lack of them. One of the reasons I like Imperial is quality of work and the crispness of the detail. It may be the photo but the details look soft as if it were a casting.

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    It seems that the high number of these hessian bravery medalls awarded during ww1 led to a continued drop in it's silver content. To an extent that by 1917 it had dropped by 25% from the prewar levels and continued to drop untill 1918, when a version was awarded that was made out of silver covered "kriegsmetall". So I guess that hallmark could give a clue as to when Dons medall was made and awarded.

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    Unfortunately, the links I posted above seem to work fine in preview mode, but are chewed beyond recognition when the post is submitted.

    To make things easier, and so that you can track this seller's auctions in future, the name of the seller is cetra2003. The link below may work:

    http://search.ebay.de/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZcetra2003

    The auctions currently running are:

    #6207165435

    #6207178557

    #6207181834

    #6207187922

    #6207193440

    #6207201959

    #6207207411

    #6207211479

    Take a look as the images will soon be gone.

    /David

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    • 6 years later...

    thanks for the info, I have just started collecting and the difference between the original and the "more recent example" as shown in this article are worlds apart.

    I will certainly be more cautious on ebay and research more thoroughly before bidding.

    Edited by Lee Enfield
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