Questions about Colonial Special Constabulary Medal

[cybercat]

  Dear collectors, I currently saw a Colonial Special Constabulary Medal awarded to a HK sergeant, which seemed to be pretty rare.The price of 200£ seemed reasonable, but I have no previous experience dealing with these , and according to an earlier post, fakes were largely produced. 

  Wish anyone would be kind enough to share their wisdom and knowledge?

 

[cybercat]

[Dave Wilkinson]

Beware of buying anything from Hong Kong or allegedly originating or related to British Colonial Hong Kong. Individuals have realised that memorabilia relating to the Colonial Hong Kong Police or Royal Hong Kong Police are highly collectable and will command high prices. In short, the reproduction and "fakers" are very active. Looking at the naming on the rim of the medal, this is not the type of "font" normally used and would ring alarm bells, certainly for me. Think carefully before buying.

 

Dave.  

[cybercat]

55 minutes ago, Dave Wilkinson said:

谨慎购买来自香港或据称源自或与英国殖民地香港有关的任何物品。人们已经意识到与殖民地香港警察或皇家香港警察有关的纪念品具有很高的收藏价值，而且价格不菲。简而言之，复制品和“伪造者”非常活跃。看看奖章边缘的命名，这不是通常使用的“字体”类型，这对我来说肯定是敲响了警钟。购买前请仔细考虑。

 

戴夫。  

Yeah, I noticed that when reading a previous post discussing a similar topic. 

However, I am pretty new to this topic, so I have no idea where I can find guidebooks or references to compare them.