manayunkman Posted March 31, 2020 Share #1 Posted March 31, 2020 Sorry this is the only picture I have. Whats the deal, WW2 award issued in the 60-70s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swag Posted March 31, 2020 Share #2 Posted March 31, 2020 Not that uncommon. My father was awarded a Bronze Star in Vietnam, it was a WW2 vintage medal and case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMariner Posted March 31, 2020 Share #3 Posted March 31, 2020 Not official engraving, most likely I would assume it was a WW2 award that the veteran had engraved by a local engraver or himself many years after the war! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted April 1, 2020 I’ve never seen anything with a country on it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith Posted April 1, 2020 Share #5 Posted April 1, 2020 No broach picture makes it even more of a pig-in-a-poke. I will say that privately-engraved awards make me jittery. While I am sure the overwhelming majority are medals they were awarded, I know some are not. I have seen the gamut, including self-awards, where they felt they deserved / were promised a medal, but never were officially awarded it. So, they bought one and got it engraved. This opinion has nothing to do with the OP award, but is a general view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted April 1, 2020 Blacksmith I feel the same. At best it looks like a self award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMariner Posted April 1, 2020 Share #7 Posted April 1, 2020 I’ve never seen anything with a country on it before. Not uncommon, I have seen 30-50 with that on it, all private engraved, veteran engraved or down right fake examples. They tend to hold less value unless there is more info provided because they all fall into that suspect category. Unless there is a solid back ground examples like this bring a fraction of what official engraved examples bring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted April 1, 2020 Share #8 Posted April 1, 2020 R A Miller is also a super common name. Would be tough to attribute with 100% accuracy, Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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