What Are The Chances That This Satirical Medal Is Original?

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HippieOutcast Pillar of the Community United States 615 Posts	Posted 02/02/2010 3:59 pm The only website that had information on it that I could find had all of its information backwards. (The descriptions were different than the provided pictures, and so on) It does measure 35 mm. It looks real when comparing it to a photograph of an original. So how can I be for sure? Edited by HippieOutcast 02/02/2010 3:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 02/02/2010 5:02 pm yhis medallion may seem satirical nearly a century after WW1, but at that time, this was doubtless intended to be "motivational". Edith CAVELL was the subject of a lot of propaganda: her execution by firing squad was a demonstration of the barbarity of the enemy. The image seems to be of "Paris in flames". Peter in Oz Report this Post to the Staff
HippieOutcast Pillar of the Community United States 615 Posts	Posted 02/05/2010 10:21 am No thoughts on its authenticity however? Report this Post to the Staff
daltonista Pillar of the Community United States 1058 Posts	Posted 02/13/2010 8:54 pm Looks solid for the era and genre, with nothing to suggest it's a forgery. But you ask an existential question, HippieOutcast (or maybe it's more Zen, actually), in that it's hard to imagine a situation in which a counterfeit version of this piece would have any commercial value, or be otherwise worthwhile to the forger or to anyone else. Am I missing something here? Just sayin'... Best ~ Tom "If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough." --- Mario Andretti Report this Post to the Staff
HippieOutcast Pillar of the Community United States 615 Posts	Posted 02/14/2010 11:23 am I know what you are getting at, but I have seen forgeries of lesser value items, and something about it didn't look right to me at first glance. Report this Post to the Staff
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