medalnet Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 By accident I stumbled over those following two medals. The bronze merit medal of the Bavarian St.Michael Order as well as the Saxon Lifesavingsmedal in silver. Quite neat to see those unfinished pieces. Coined but not cut. Enjoy.[attachmentid=27936] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medalnet Posted February 18, 2006 Author Share Posted February 18, 2006 ...and the reverse.[attachmentid=27937] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 I would guess that these are mint (manufacturer) specimen strikes of these medals. Specimen strikes are usually done in a harder metal (e.g., bronze rather than silver) to test the dies before commencing production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medalnet Posted February 18, 2006 Author Share Posted February 18, 2006 Actually, the LS medal is actual silver the Micheal medal cooper bronze, just like the real thing. I believe these are just unfinished examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Are there any flaws that would have caused them to be rejected by quality control inspectors? I can't see anything wrong that would have halted production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medalnet Posted February 19, 2006 Author Share Posted February 19, 2006 Are there any flaws that would have caused them to be rejected by quality control inspectors? I can't see anything wrong that would have halted production.Yes, they are actually not exactly centered. Maybe a millimeter of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFloyd Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 I, too, would call them trial strikes.I cannot imagine that any major mint would strike such medals and then trim the edges to make a completed medal. That would take more time and effort than simply striking them within a collar, which guarantees consistent size and symmetry.Coming from a coin collecting background, I find these interesting simply because you very rarely ever see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe campbell Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 st michael is bottom-heavy,lifesaving is top-heavy.interesting to see these at this stage.thanks!joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medalnet Posted February 19, 2006 Author Share Posted February 19, 2006 If somebody is interested in them, I just listed them on ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 The Saxon Lifesaving medal is very hard to find.... but good luck trying to find the correct ribbon!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medalnet Posted February 21, 2006 Author Share Posted February 21, 2006 Due to popular demand here the link:medals in the raw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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