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mswitzer3

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  1. none of it made me angry,i reread my posts..i answered your questions prior to your posting this was one of your questions too?"Which one is missing the mouth?"
  2. they have been recast by a few others in different material even 14k gold "again i will say pay attention to the detail" can anyone say "centrifugal force"?
  3. "Let me say right away that I don't know much about medals of any kind, but I've studied silver for many years, and the fact that none of the originals used for the molds (for producing the copies) were marked "sterling" doesn't necessarily mean that none of the original ones were (unless they were genuinely one-of-a-kind) . . . on silver the "sterling" mark is always hand-stamped (hand-hammered with a die) regardless of how the item was produced (molded, handworked, machine-stamped). Depending on how it was struck (the depth, it's completeness) and the wear (usually from polishing), an original may have all, some, or none of the word "sterling" on it. Were any of the repros cast in sterling? Were any of the repros also fitted with ribbons?" IM GONNA LET ANN FIELD ALL OF THE QUESTIONS,SINCE SHE TOTALLY MISSED EVERYTHING I SAID IN MY POST AND SEEMS TO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING..THANXS
  4. "Which one is missing the mouth? " the Marble Champ medal in the picture,plenty were fitted with ribbons from other period "non valueable" medals..the castings were marked sterling..i need to REPEAT NONE OF THE ORIGINALS WERE marked STERLING
  5. these need to be seen in hand before making any assumptions or compairisons.the marble champ medal in the picture is missing the mouth,i did purchase this on ebay the first year that ebay existed!
  6. show me the questions..the originals are marked? its hard to tell from the pictures..hansel has the originals and all else that exists would hafta be examined in hand..just for the record,NONE OF THE ORIGINALS WERE MARKED STERLING..some castings captured more detail than others,its the luck of the draw..most of the medals had "forced aging".the only one that looks real in all of your photos is the last vfw medal..the rest look like castings..the real one were stamped under pressure and would not leave any detail out
  7. Oh yeh,about flames, not rare opaque lutzes.
  8. WOW,I didnt know I was responsible for copying so many!
  9. i heard from him last week! he is still around
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