Bravery Medal 4th class

[paul kennedy]

I'm looking for any information or opinions I can get about this medal.
Thanks in advance.

[paul kennedy]

I'm concerned that it might be cast. It looks like it has a couple of pits on the back, and a hairline on the front. Am I being paranoid?

[Gunny Hartmann]

Hardly any detail on the Czars head, but it could just be heavily worn!...

[paul kennedy]

Thank you for the reply.

[paul kennedy]

Can anyone else help? I'm not very knowledgeable about Imperial Russian medals.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Paul, Imperial Russian is not my thing. But my concern is this is a casting too. I am looking at the lettering to the reverse and it looks poor.

Cheers, Ade.

[paul kennedy]

Thank you Ade.

[theaussie]

The suspension ring looks to have been soldered on to the medal disc, it should be part of the stamping.

[Thanatos]

Some Russian/Soviet medals tend to be quite "soft" in construction. Suspension rings can wear in contact with the ribbon ring (the top of the suspension ring) on these hence a later replacement . Seen a few like this over the years. Food for thought.

All the best

Dave

[paul kennedy]

Thank you Dave