Soviet Red Banner 6! Real? Fake? Opinions!?

[Stogieman]

How about this one? Looks mismatched to me?

[Stogieman]

Reverse:

[Stogieman]

The shape of the badge doesn't look right, especially from the back?!

[Alfred]

I compared the number six with the picture on the Mondvor side, and the lines of six looks

to fat.

regards

Andreas

Edited July 3, 2006 by Alfred

[usairforce]

I compared the number six with the picture on the Mondvor side, and the lines of six looks

to fat.

regards

Andreas

Hi , you mean this medal is fake?

[Stogieman]

I'm glad I thought it looked odd. Notice the shape of the number box and the difference fron Andrei's example.

This item closed at 1260- Euro (~$1600USD)..... someone will be very disappointed when they figure out their error...

[alanirvine]

Also, notice the difference in the thickness of the "C"s and the dots that seperate them.

I am sure that there are many other differences too.

BTW, I am not a new member, and this is not my first post. For some unexplained reason, I was unable to log in this morning and had to re-register. Hopefully this can be strightened out.

Alan (alanirvine)

Edited July 3, 2006 by alanirvine

[Guest Rick Research]

Uh oh, Evil Ricky-- got to get you your copy of Durov & Strekalov back--

TWO batches of "6" ORBs were made-- in 1950 at the Moscow Mint and in 1954 at the Leningard Mint. Two line mint marks on both types.

[Stogieman]

Thanks Ricky, hope to stop by again soon so we can discuss the book!