Fake Fake Orders of Friendship of Peoples: Baltic Vintage

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Companion to this thread

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/54952-fake-orders-for-personal-courage-baltic-vintage/?hl=%2Bpersonal+%2Bcourage

These hq fakes appeared on the marked simultaneously with "courages".

No wonder!

Both orders are manufactured by the same workshop

These look really nice...

Etalon fake

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Very nice quality - silver and hot enamel.

You can`t even compare these ridiculous ugly fakes with this "beauty"

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Etalon original

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Let`s compare them side by side

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Piece on the right (fake) looks even better (at least by obverse) than original!

Ok, so how you detect them?

Rules of thumb to detect Baltic fakes

Here come a couple of simple rules.

Step № 1 Check the "ears" on the emblem

I think this is the easiest way.

Take a good look at this points of original order

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Now same places on fake order

No "ears"!

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Original vs. Fake

Very stable feature of fakes!

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Step № 2 Check big finger

Original vs. Fake

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Step № 3 Check splashed "patina"

Very typical feature of Baltic freindship

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Step № 4 Check center of the wreath

We are talking about this place

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Original vs. Fake

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There are others features (like ears, handle of the sickle, enamel around letters, etc), but I think these four is more than enought.

Time for reverse features

Step № 5 Check waves

We are talking about these places

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Original vs. Fake

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Original vs. Fake

One merlon is always missing on fake reverses

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Step № 6 Check ring reverse

Typical form and extra gild

Original vs. Fake

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Naturally same manufacturer made very rare "transitional" orders of friendship.

These are pretty easy to detect.

They have same features as previous fake + changed cental emblem

Etalon "transitional" fake

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Reverse

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Etalon original "transitional" order

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Reverse

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Easiest way to detect baltic fake is letter RSFSR/РСФСР on the national emblem.

Original order has impressed letters.

Fake piece - embossed letters.

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No points after letters

Here they are

Original vs. Fake

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See?

Original vs. Fake

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Sometimes these fake medallions have "dancing" letters.

Like this one.

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Or this one

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One more original "transitional" order for comparison

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Reverse