JapanX Posted July 24, 2013 Author Posted July 24, 2013 Judging by the reverses these "conjoined triplets" came from orphan-asylum
Paul R Posted July 24, 2013 Posted July 24, 2013 weird stuff! IT would be cool to research them though.
JapanX Posted July 24, 2013 Author Posted July 24, 2013 Mint test medals? But why then these numbers were made by wrong (very wrong!) punches ...
JapanX Posted July 24, 2013 Author Posted July 24, 2013 weird stuff! IT would be cool to research them though. According to the seller "legend" these numbers were punched by cavalier itself ... Guess he really liked to punch :whistle:
Eric Gaumann Posted July 25, 2013 Posted July 25, 2013 The last medal still shows its orginal number, and that matches the 'hand stamp'.The middle one's number is obscured* by a hand stamp but what we can see of it it does NOT match.The first number's been mostly ground off* and been replaced by a hand stamp. What still remains does NOT match, again.It's possible the vet replaced missing awards with someone else's awards. I think that NOT likely.I highly doubt any kind of test.My best guess is an early, or low tech attempt at creating a group to match a booklet (or something else).* Never a good sign of authenticity.Also, the middle medal's original number *may* have been 80821. If so it's a travesty such a low numbered award has been destroyed.
JapanX Posted July 25, 2013 Author Posted July 25, 2013 (edited) It's possible the vet replaced missing awards with someone else's awards. I think that NOT likely. If "it was a veteran who did it" then we have another problem. Where from these "replacement" medals came from? I mean how he got them? From chests of fallen comrades? :whistle: Edited July 25, 2013 by JapanX
Paul R Posted July 25, 2013 Posted July 25, 2013 They could be unnumbered medals postwar medals that he used for replacements, where he copied the numbers from his orders booklet with a punch?
JapanX Posted July 25, 2013 Author Posted July 25, 2013 No, they couldn't be after 1947 unnumbered pieces .... Unnumbered looks differently
Christophe Posted July 25, 2013 Posted July 25, 2013 Thanks. EBay Ukraine ? (I'm not interested, just to check what the seller could say...). Ch.
JapanX Posted July 25, 2013 Author Posted July 25, 2013 The seller description "Пришли так. Легенда такая: 2 Отваги были утеряны кавалером и заменены приобретёнными. Возможно сам хозяин набил номера от своих медалей. Увы пробивки нет. На 1-й медали просматриваются родные цифры (17**18); на средней (80821). Промзвенья в олове, Ушки целые. По Украине"
Christophe Posted July 25, 2013 Posted July 25, 2013 Thanks. Interesting: the seller says that "2 Medals were lost and replaced". The Vet seems to have punch them himself... Ch.
JapanX Posted July 25, 2013 Author Posted July 25, 2013 Seller very carefully used word probably before "the owner himself punched..."
Guest Rick Research Posted July 25, 2013 Posted July 25, 2013 Here's a real one, even weirder... but noooooooooooooooooo numbers for THESE!
JapanX Posted July 25, 2013 Author Posted July 25, 2013 Probably one of these dare-devils http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/26385-four-fours/page-2
JapanX Posted July 26, 2013 Author Posted July 26, 2013 Back in Moscow they call them "обмылки"/"soap-suds" ...
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