KDVR Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Hello friends Opinion about this medal needed. In my opinion it's a copy. Thank you! KDVR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul L Murphy Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 You are correct, it is a copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDVR Posted March 21, 2010 Author Share Posted March 21, 2010 THANK YOU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 The ribbon is for the Imperial General Service Medal - 1877-78-79. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 The ribbon is for the Imperial General Service Medal - 1877-78-79. I think you mean the African General Service Medal, Mervyn. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darrell Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 (edited) Looks like someone took a fake Military Medal disc and attached it to a fake Crimea type suspension .... and as mentioned used a AGSM ribbon ... Edited March 21, 2010 by Darrell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh kitchen Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 The disc & suspender look like a one piece, but the disc is tilted round to one side - any chance t's a genuine disc attached to the suspender? Any naming around the edge of the disc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
censlenov Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 What is the diameter of the disc? I want to see if what i've heard is true about this type of copy. Cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Peter - I think you will find the Africa GS has the same colouring and stripes - however, the two thin inner stripes are green. Mervyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Stewart Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 The disc & suspender look like a one piece, but the disc is tilted round to one side - any chance t's a genuine disc attached to the suspender? Any naming around the edge of the disc? My thoughts too - a gash repair to the geuine item??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 My thoughts too - a gash repair to the geuine item??? The disc is as wrong as you can get if the Royal mint had produced as cruddy a portrait of George V as that they would have been sent to the Tower and shot. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Farrell Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 It's a French-manufactured piece. Not a genuine MM, and not a copy in the modern sense per se, but rather a contemporary item. You sometimes find DCMs as well. This seems to be in very good condition. Incorrect ribbon though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh kitchen Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Figures, it reminded me of French produced Brtish medals I've seen but only as miniatures (I have a couple somewhere, Crimea period). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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