China korean medal or just poo?

[paddywhack]

got this on saturday in a box of other stuff! its again well made! but then again with all the stuff coming out of china(as iv been told) is this just another piece of poo???any help would be great!!thanks!

Edited November 12, 2006 by paddywhack

[paddywhack]

another view!!

[paddywhack]

the back!!

[paddywhack]

better!againany help would be cool!!

[Paul L Murphy]

Paddywhack, afraid to say it is a piece of poo. It is about as appealing as the very toxic nappy my 13 month old daughter created for me when I was on babysitting duty this evening.

There is a huge variety of this stuff coming out of China. Genuine Imperial Chinese / Manchurian / Korean medals were well made and die struck from good quality metals. This crap is cast or poorly struck from cheap bronze. Also the obverses and reverses are often unrelated to each other but unless you can read Chinese that is not much help.

In general, stay a mile away from anything that looks like this.

[paddywhack]

ah well not to worry!! as i said i got it with a number of stuff so no problem!!thanks again though for the quick response!!!

[Paul L Murphy]

To illustrate what I mean, here is the genuine Manchurian Enthronement Commemorative Medal whose obverse has been stolen for this monstrosity.

[Ed_Haynes]

Come on, Paul. Think again. "Poo" is too kind for this . . . thing.

[Paul L Murphy]

Ed, I'm not sure. Poo can be pretty bad, especially when it comes shooting out of the end of a 13 month old baby !

[paddywhack]

ah nice one!! good to see the real thing!! thanks guys!!

[Bishop]

It's a cheapy nasty made fake from China and Taiwan.

You can find a whole lotta variety of such insignificant or who knows

what medals in Taipei.

It's definitely a piece of scrap metal, Paddy mate!

Please treat it without respect....