The Air Crew Europe
Star; an original and a copy compared.
All of the British campaign medals have now been
copied. Quality of these copy medals varies greatly. Many of the
better copies have be produced to deceive, and if not stamped "copy"
or similar should be described as "fake", and are probably illegal
infringements of Crown or government design copyrights. Due to the
rising price of medals copies are becoming increasingly more refined
and more prolific. The problem once mainly confined to Third Reich
collectors has now finally permeated almost every field of
militaria, including that of British medals.
Copies of the WW2 campaign star medals are common
and the most dangerous is the Air Crew Europe Star. Below are some
comparison photographs of the detail of an original and a
copy medal. Also visit the
France and Germany Star page for another copy comparison. |