Combat service medal Fake?

[schum]

Hi guys.

Sometime ago I bought this medal #684708. I have 2 more of this type, and comparing them it is obvious that there are differences. The most important thing that I can see is that the ring is not soldered, and the medal is a little thicker than the other 2.
The suspensions are correct.

I´m not sure if it is a later one modified or one for replacement because of the original lost.......

What do you think about it?

Thanks for your help.

[RKKAFan]

The #684708 is a copy in my opinion, dont like the donut ring and the numbers have an other design especially the "4" on similar original medals. Dont like the "6" too.
My theory: The full medal is a copy, or someone put a new number on the backside, cause the medals itself looks like a postwar medal (donut ring without soldering), which were awarded without any number after 1946.

[ericfg]

I think it might be a T5 with an added serial number. But it's hard to tell from the images. Schum, can you provide a well-lit and focused image of just the front and back of your medal, please?

[schum]

Hi guys.

It is very difficult to me to get more quality.
Here they are.







Thanks for your help.

[ericfg]

Yeah, I'm 99% sure this is a Type 2 Variation 5 medal with numbers added at a later date. The T2V5 medals were all issued unnumbered from the mint.
The T2V5 medals all have the round, doughnut-shaped rings, and all T2 (save for the T2V1) have the straight sword hilt.
Note the differences of the sword hilt shown below the red 'V' in the image; T2V1 on the left and T2V2 through V5 on the right.

[RKKAFan]

But a T2V5 with a wartime # is a fake for me, cause as far as I know, when soldiers lost their medals, they dont get a new one with a wartime #. They just get a postwar one for the service in wartime, better to say, they had to buy such a medal. IMO someone just tried to pimp a T2V5 (which you can find for a small price) to get more money. Its sad, so many postwar things are tuned by bad sellers to get a WW2 look.

[schum]

Thank you for your comments.

Yes, I supposed that, but I was not sure.
Luckily, it was more or less cheap.

Thanks guys.