auchonvillerssomme Posted 22 August , 2012 Share Posted 22 August , 2012 US Victory Medals with numerous bars used to be common and relatively inexpensive at UK medal fairs and markets. I've been out of touch with collectiing, are the bars commonly faked? It's worth looking out for the lesser known Italian Victory medals with date bars. I'm aware that 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918 exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchener's Bugle Posted 22 August , 2012 Share Posted 22 August , 2012 Yes unfortunately the rarer bars are very easily faked. Prices have risen for these. I know it is no real guide but there are some original medals on e-bay at the moment - from a reputable London dealler... He is asking £245 for the original medal and West Indies Bar!. The land campaign bars are not as expensive and you can usually pick up a good 3 or 4 bar medal with "standard" bars for much less than a hundred quid. The Italian Victory medal is quite easily obtained but the date bars are now quite hard to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 23 August , 2012 Share Posted 23 August , 2012 Sorry I did mean an Italian Victory with date bars is rare, not the medal itself, as far as I know the bars were unofficial but the examples of bars from different sources were the same pattern. I'm in the process of moving stuff between houses so it will give me a chance to see if I have anything of the collection left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 23 August , 2012 Author Share Posted 23 August , 2012 I was not aware of the Italian Victory Medal having date bars - do you mean the Italian War Medal which was issued with date bars??? Unfortunately, I cannot get to my examples at present to scan... Sepoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 23 August , 2012 Share Posted 23 August , 2012 No the Italian War Medal has the date on the diagonal, the dates on these bars were straight, but with the same ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Wilson Posted 23 August , 2012 Share Posted 23 August , 2012 A very interesting thread and good to see such clear examples of the Victory Medal which was often referred to as the Allied War Medal because the same basic design and double rainbow ribbon was adopted by thirteen other allied Nations,to obviate the exchange of Allied Commemorative War Medals. (though the USA alone issued it with campaign clasps). According to the Medal Year Book: The Union of South Africa produced a version with a reverse text in English and Dutch(not Afrikaans as sometimes stated in Medal books) see post 2 for example. I am sure you will have spotted the word Civilisation spelt as Civilization - posts 4 and 5. Most British Victory Medals in miniature(dress medals) correctly spell Civilisation although occasionally variants turn up of the British Victory Medal in miniature with Civilization on the reverse. Has anybody got such a miniature example they could post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutch701 Posted 21 February , 2013 Share Posted 21 February , 2013 thank you to all , especially sepoy, brilliant post, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 21 February , 2013 Share Posted 21 February , 2013 If you are lucky you might still be able to find a copy of The Interallied Victory Medals of WW1 by Laslo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 4 July , 2013 Author Share Posted 4 July , 2013 It has been a while since I added anything to this topic but here is the Portuguese Victory Medal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 4 July , 2013 Author Share Posted 4 July , 2013 The Greek Victory Medal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffsyeoman Posted 5 July , 2013 Share Posted 5 July , 2013 The one which would make my day is the Brazilian Victory Medal (Not, unfortunately, in my collection): (Credit to the Gentleman's Military Interest Club for the original photos) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 5 July , 2013 Author Share Posted 5 July , 2013 Staffsyeoman - I wish I could afford one!!! In fact it is one of the few occasions I would accept a reproduction to fill a hole.... Here is the Cuban Victory Medal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 23 July , 2013 Author Share Posted 23 July , 2013 Another addition FRANCE Un-Official Medal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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