How NOT to Buy Fakes

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How about this one?

[Airon]

I have to translate this... i can't read russian. But give me a teaser... is this a German hand that engraved the serial?

Airon

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I am sorry. This is a story about Germans making fake Orders of the Red Star for their spies behind enemy lines. If you ask me, it's a nice story and at this point it's impossible to either prove or disprove it, so you either believe it or not.

Alexei

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Here'a a couple of orders in question. I belive these are scans from Strekalov book.

Alexei

[Airon]

I asked about that because i remembered this curly style handgraving from a specimen from Mondvor that has been said to be seized by SMERSH on a disguised German soldier.
I'll take my time to translate since this seem to be really very interesting for me.

Thanks Alexei

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Fake serial number on this piece ...

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another one ...

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Kutuzov 1st class, made from scratch, and a genuine order with the same serial number.

Alexei