Husky43 Posted July 26, 2022 Share #1 Posted July 26, 2022 I picked this up at an antique shop. I understand there are reproductions of this medal around. Can anyone tell me if this one appears genuine? Thanks/Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumserbrown Posted January 6, 2023 Share #2 Posted January 6, 2023 I have only recently joined the forum and seen this post. Sadly, what you have is not an original medal, which would be worth >£350 ($415) in today's market. At best you could describe your medal as a good tailors' copy, which is what it probably is. Compared to the originals, the officially sanctioned reproductions appear to have the words "THE AIR CREW EUROPE STAR" rotated a little clockwise so that the point of the 'V' from 'VI' points down to the middle of the W in CREW. On the originals the point of the 'V' points to the left arm of the W. See my original below. Rob Below is an example of such a medal I bought knowing it was a tailors' copy. On 7/26/2022 at 4:12 PM, Husky43 said: I picked this up at an antique shop. I understand there are reproductions of this medal around. Can anyone tell me if this one appears genuine? Thanks/Cheers Out of interest, what did you pay for your medal in the antiques shop? Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky43 Posted January 7, 2023 Author Share #3 Posted January 7, 2023 Thanks for the info. I only paid 25.00 so all is well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumserbrown Posted January 7, 2023 Share #4 Posted January 7, 2023 That's a fair price, glad you didn't pay too much for it. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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