Soviet 20 Years Service Medal Real Or Fake

[KDVR]

The Armed Forces of the USSR (MVD ? CCCP - Police)

Type 1 ? mod. 2

Established on January 25, 1958

In silver and enamel, diameter 32 mm

[Guest Rick Research]

I'm not aware of anyone bothering to fake these.

[Alfred]

I like both medals.

Yes, they are faked. There is nearly nothing which is not faked yet. Also there are now complete faked Red Stars with high serial numbers on ebay.

KDVR, here is a comparision between a faked one and an original. The leaves are missing details and there are some other defects.

regards

Andreas

[Guest Rick Research]

:Cat-Scratch: God, what next? Fake 1988 jubilee medals?

:cheers:

[RedMaestro]

Yes, they are faked. There is nearly nothing which is not faked yet. Also there are now complete faked Red Stars with high serial numbers on ebay.

Are these faked Red Stars obvious, or are they good enough to pass as original? I've seen tons with the original s/n removed an new ones engraved, but have they really gone so far as to make the whole thing from scratch? Could you please post examples of such, if you have seen them?

Thanks!

-Alex

[Alfred]

Here are three Red Stars with same serial numbers sold as copies.

regards

Andreas

[Guest Rick Research]

Cast? What do the fronts look like? (Thread title changed since can't split the two subjects up neatly.)

[Alfred]

and here is the front of the faked Red Star

[Guest Rick Research]

:Cat-Scratch: EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

YUCK !!!!!!

:cheers:

[Ferdinand]

I have never understood the point of buying (and making) these. They are selling for 15-20 USD on eBay. They are UGLY and for only three times that amount you have a real one...

[Alfred]

I have never understood the point of buying (and making) these. They are selling for 15-20 USD on eBay. They are UGLY and for only three times that amount you have a real one...

Profit makes the world go around !

They look cast. I think they cast dem with serial number, as the number looks equal on all pices. So mass production for little money.

I think in most cases they sell them with bad pictures of the front side. It looks not so bad as reverse. And some beginners could easyly fooled.

regards

Andreas

Edited May 23, 2009 by Alfred

[RedMaestro]

Thanks for the pictures! I recognize these from ebay. They are UGLY indeed! When fake red stars were first brought up I thought a faker might have finally made one that could easily pass as authentic. Thankfully, that hasn't happened yet...but it is only a matter of time

-Alex