KC Ribbon - wartime or postwar?

[Richard Gordon]

I personally would need a better explanation. Yes, I can see the ribbon you have posted, Dave but I cannot see how you have made a call based on the first photo provided, unless you have assumed that because it came with a '57 Rk that it is automatically post war ribbon?

[junior]

The ribbon looks to 'modern' to me. Okay, not talking about the minty ones like Mike's(see his collection thread)
Junior

Originally Posted by Richard Gordon

I personally would need a better explanation before. Yes, I can see the ribbon you have posted, Dave but I cannot see how you have made a call based on the first photo provided, unless you have assumed that because it came with a '57 Rk that it is automatically post war ribbon?

[stdub]

I think I would have been better not to tell from the beginning that the ribbon came with a 57er KC. That might affect the opinions about the ribbon.

I took 2 more photos, but with different light. It´s both time the same ribbon, but it looks different because of the light. Both were made throug a magnifying glass.

[stdub]

... you should not ignore how a flash light can change the view of an item

[Dave Kane]

Rich drag it on to the desktop and enlarge the image...look at the edge and you will see a complete lack of symmetry!

[Dave Kane]

Joerg beat us to it! I marked the area most obvious...

[junior]

Joerg,

For your comparisation, came out as a '57 one... (courtesy: LToms)
Junior.

[Richard Gordon]

Originally Posted by Dave Kane

Rich drag it on to the desktop and enlarge the image...look at the edge and you will see a complete lack of symmetry!

Ok, will follow up later (or most likely tomorrow). Have to go out now for my birthday party!

Rich

[junior]

Don't get drunk because you won't see the difference anymore between wartime and '57 ribbons!
Junior

Originally Posted by Richard Gordon

Ok, will follow up later (or most likely tomorrow). Have to go out now for my birthday party!

Rich

[jcwater]

My RK ribbons



fake↓


real?↓

[stdub]

Dave, I really accept your knowledge, but if this "lack of symmetry" as you call it, is the only difference between the ribbon I showed and a an original wartime ones, I think many collectors have to check their Ribbons.

In my Ribbons there are some pin holes and look what happens with the symmetry.

Please don´t understand me wrong Dave - I only want to absorb knowledge.
I do not know the difference and I want to learn.

[junior]

I have the same pinholes in my '57. I'll check it right away.

Junior

[stdub]

Seems that we won´t find out if it´s wartime or postwar.

[Richard Gordon]

Originally Posted by stdub

Seems that we won´t find out if it´s wartime or postwar.

Really hard to tell. I'm not so sure that this theory is fully water tight. Ultimately hands-on inspection would be needed. With the different manufacturers I'm sure there must be variations and where variations exist, so do exceptions.

What about this one:

[Richard Gordon]

or this one:


Which is fake? Maybe both are?