Philippines Victory Medals

[RobW]

On 12/09/2020 at 00:21, sumserbrown said:

Recently I have been photographing my medals (for insurance purposes) and it's amazing how much detail you can then see when you zoom into a high resolution photo.

What I see is that my version of the medal seems to be maybe lighter in colour but also with a great deal more detail visible than some of the other versions posted on the forum. So an obvious question - is my medal genuine or not. Is it such a good copy that it is TOO detailed or has it just had less wear than some of the others.

Open to any thoughts from the team...

 

Hello Rob,

 

Not being an expert in these Philippine issues I would say it is a good example of the 'Official Type 2' (Laslo grading). In this case the planchet should be around 2mm+).

 

Regards,

Rob

On 12/08/2020 at 02:51, sumserbrown said:

I bought an official type 2 several years ago but it had lost its ribbon. I can see a few people on this thread have attached a piece of interallied victory medal ribbon, but does anyone know where I can get a replacement (even if modern) piece of the original ribbon that should have been on the medal?

thanks

Rob

 

Rob,

 

I would suggest you contact the OMSA ribbon bank. They may have some stocks of the ribbon you are searching for.

 

https://www.omsa.org/omsa-ribbon-bank/

 

Regards,

Rob

[sumserbrown]

On 04/06/2023 at 01:57, RobW said:

 

Hello Rob,

 

Not being an expert in these Philippine issues I would say it is a good example of the 'Official Type 2' (Laslo grading). In this case the planchet should be around 2mm+).

 

Regards,

Rob

 

Rob,

 

I would suggest you contact the OMSA ribbon bank. They may have some stocks of the ribbon you are searching for.

 

https://www.omsa.org/omsa-ribbon-bank/

 

Regards,

Rob

 

Thanks for the suggestion Rob,

in the meantime I found a piece of replacement ribbon from a seller on Ebay, but I will bear in mind the OMSA ribbon bank for any other medals.

best wishes

Rob