I was caught once by this trick, and quite handily too. A seller, who shall remain nameless and who has since disappeared from eBay after, I suspect, wreaking much havoc, knowingly or unknowingly placed some...
One of the greatest aspects of EBAY is the availability of thousands of items that we never had access to before. There is, however, certain drawbacks to this. Along with this handy new way of buying and...
The typical worldwide method of producing a military medal forgery (a reproduction specifically made to deceive a collector ) was to make a mold from an authentic example and then take casts of it. To simplify...
A gap filler medal is normally an officially issued medal which has a serious defect or damage or something is wrong with it to a point of making it of very little collector interest in its' own right. The...
In Germany, the problem of militaria forgeries is greatly less than in North America because as soon as a forgery is noted on the market, it's quickly documented and published. In about August 2006, an...
A renamed medal is one that was originally officially issued to a verified recipient and has had the official naming removed through one of several techniques and a new name is then engraved on it. Sometimes...
A restrike medal is a copy (official or unofficial is not part of the defination) produced from the original dies subsequent to original issue, sometimes it may be an official late issue medal. These may be...
In Germany, the problem of militaria forgeries is far less than in North America because as soon as a forgery is noted on the market, it's quickly documented and published. In about late September to early...
An outstanding forgery of Oldenburg's Friedrich-August-Kreuz I. Klasse (Friedrich-August Cross 1st Class)has now been documented. While excellent, there are some distinguishing characteristics that make it...
An outstanding forgery of Oldenburg's Friedrich-August-Kreuz II. Klasse (Friedrich-August Cross 2nd Class)was documented in 2006. While excellent, there are some distinguishing characteristics that make it...
