Magician Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Let us solve this mark on Austro Hungarian medals - star * so called asterisk. What does this means? I have heard that medals produced at the end of war were made from war materials (tombak) instead of silver/gold and those medals where marked with star but I don't know if this is a fact or just rumors. I have seen mark star on medals like: - Order of Franz Joseph I. Knight's cross of the Order (3rd class) - Military Merit Cross 'Piis Meritis' (2nd class) Attached file (star) on my Piis Meritis medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinpon590 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 (edited) Hi !An other example of this star on a FJ order (bronze made) : Edited January 13, 2013 by pinpon590 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Lang Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Hello, no rumours at all. The "Star Mark" ("Stern-Punze" or "Sternchen-Punze") was adopted to mark all decorations made of gilt or silver-plated metal instead of gold or silver; not necessarily at the end of the war. All the best, E.L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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