New one ! Sachsen Coburg Gotha

[christerd]

Hi all , 

Just when I thought I didn´t going to buy anthing more for a while .....

If I´m right this is something more or less between WW1 and Third Reich ?

Sachsen Coburg und Gotha Goldene Verdienstmedaliie 1933-35 , bur with the bar from a 1914/18 medal so maybe it fits here amongst Imperial 

 

Does anyone know how many of these the "brown" Duke awarded ?

What I can see the 1914/18 bar looks genuine , so maybe he had a WW1 medal and replaced it with this in 1933 ?   

 

Christer

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Claudius]

Nice medal indeed!  OEK 2543 / H&S 1778a

I like the clasp, issued from the Herzog Carl Eduard medal (H&S 1776).

Sorry H&S doesn't mention the number of recipients.  Only that the medal was issued from 1919 to November 14, 1935 and after October 16, 1935 it was awarded with swords-on-the-ring.

[saschaw]

I'm sorry I have to say so, Christer, but the thread title was - unintendedly - very well worded:

This is a made up set, all of it is fake: the medal, the swords on ring, the sword clasp and the ribbon.

I have seen some exact same ones pop up on ebay the last few years, always from the same shady sellers.

Edited August 11, 2019 by saschaw

[waldo]

I see it like Sascha

[VtwinVince]

I also agree, these have been faked in huge numbers lately.

[saschaw]

Here's the next one, now without the additional clasp, offered among countless other shady looking pieces by seller ichverkaufealles12345. This seller, together with aubanan12, benkosi, bogdangapol, cairde32, egon4791, furchtlosundtreu14, galec-galec, inge7591ch, kasperle369, koelnerdomplatz09, kokor00, lillyfee-1995, mansamusa, orehilas321, pueppchenundtuch, salihero, sanktvith2011, slimcase1958, sterog62, trumeko, trumeko28 and wilro11 seems to be part of a "network" for not so nice pieces...

[saschaw]

I have seen another ebay monstrosity that reminded me of this medal... a "Freikorps" group with two of them!

[laurentius]

Shame, Sascha posted it 52 minutes ago and it's already gone. Makes you wonder about the presence of these fakers on our forums.....

 

[saschaw]

21 hours ago, laurentius said:

Shame, Sascha posted it 52 minutes ago and it's already gone. Makes you wonder about the presence of these fakers on our forums.....

Possibly a misunderstanding?That's a some weeks old auction, but I didn't come to post it until now. Sorry for the confusion! However, the GMIC is completely public, so everybody on the Internet can read what we're discussing, indeed - even without a registration.