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    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    The first number's been mostly ground off* and been replaced by a hand stamp.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.

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    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:

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    "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"

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