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10-20-2003, 05:00 PM
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Medal for Combat Service, type 1, var. 1
Hello, Gentlemen.
Another newly purchased medal. A type 1, var. 1 with both the 'No' and the serial number hand-engraved. Also the downward curve on the saber hilt. Does everything look alright? It has the 1943 5-sided suspension device.  Robert
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10-20-2003, 05:01 PM
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saber hilt...
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10-20-2003, 05:03 PM
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and the hand-engraved serial number...
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10-20-2003, 05:13 PM
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Robert,
I don't like the "N", I have not see it written this way. Let's see if anyine else has... Rusty.
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10-20-2003, 11:56 PM
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compare thicknesses...
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10-20-2003, 11:59 PM
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medal loops...
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10-21-2003, 12:02 AM
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the reverse with brass suspension...
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10-21-2003, 12:29 AM
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a closer look at the sword handle...
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10-21-2003, 06:49 PM
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Robert,
I think the number is OK, and it is done in the style, that I have seen before (same engraver). Alexei |
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10-21-2003, 07:48 PM
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Thank you, everyone. I spent a great deal of time studying the back of the badge in question to try and find any traces of it being tampered with. I know the people who do this work can do a fantastic job, and I am aware of this after spending years collecting 3rd Reich collectibles. Every dent, scratch, scrape looks different, and of a different depth and different direction. Even by perhaps a different 'tool'. The patina is not the same in every scratch as most of the fakes will reveal under magnification.
I have enjoyed this research. I feel even better in knowing that everyone initially gave it a thumbs-up and that it turned out to be a good piece. Forgive the 'new kid on the block' for entering a link to a commercial website. It won't happen again. Respects. Robert |
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