I Have Very Questionable Medal That I Found?

This one I saw while surfing the internet.

quote:"... a design composed of 3 sevens (7) joined at their bases"
- I think you'll find that this is the symbol of a political party in South Africa:
"The South African white supremacist paramilitary group, the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), have used a flag consisting of a red background with a white circle. In the circle, three black sevens form a design distantly reminiscent of the triskelion. In spite of the similarities to the swastika (and the overall resemblance to the Nazi flag, both having a black symbol on a white disc on a red background), they claim their flag is inspired by a Biblical meaning of the seven, and the fact that the organisation was founded on the seventh day of the seventh month, 1973 (from which the three 7's can be extracted)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrika...andsbeweging
Peter

Peter, right!
I told the guy the meaning--and that it's probably not a cool thing to wear.

This is a MODERN fantasy item, purported to be a genuine KKK - Ku Klux Klan membership medal and sold as such. The KKK did not make these, they were made to sell to collectors. They have been around for about 20 years or more. Collectors new to collecting KKK material often buy them thinking they are genuine. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but still reasonable for a $1 purchase!

I had a pretty strong feeling in that direction but had no real evidence. This is similar to another item with a "dark history"- slave tags. Slave tags only come from two places- Charleston SC and a suburb of Charleston, yet you will see crusty old pieces of metal at just about any fleamarket in the South purported to be a slave tag. Some are sold cheaply for a couple bucks but others really try to scam people for a few hundred because the genuine thing is worth thousands. http://historical.ha.com/common/vie...25267&src=pr

I found out in the 60s the stamped out the KKK, and in fact this one could be authentic with a membership number on it.. I have some folks checking into the medal..I will let you know what I find out..

i was lost as well Mrfinger..the chance its authenitic is slim to NO. made in the early 60s. the stamped x and numbers are unexplained.still searching for info?

UPDATE-----got an email back from a guy

http://www.cdgale.com/plates20/mb20plate3.htm lot 44

He said this particular one was issued to a member with his code membership number.only worth about 10 dollars unless I could tie a name to the membership number which would be almost impossible seeing how most all records of the Klan have been destroyed..so yes authentic WOW cool find for historic reasons only.