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Made up Q.S.A. with all the bars...... 12 years 8 months ago #3968

QSAMIKE Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 5865 Thank you received: 1971	Good Evening Everyone...... Just looking at this on our favorite auction site..... I have one of these but it was made up by the Master of the Mint..... I don't like the look of the bars..... What is your opinion..... Mike Life Member Past-President Calgary Military Historical Society O.M.R.S. 1591
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Re: Made up Q.S.A. with all the bars...... 12 years 8 months ago #3969

Mark Wilkie
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Mike, certainly a lovely collectors item but I agree some of the clasps look a little lopsided. I don't know if that is because of the poorish photos or if they are really mounted very badly. I guess it would be a "nice-to-have" but for me personally I'll probably pass on this one. That feeling may be because I'm feeling a little guilty over how carried away I've been on "our favourite auction site" this month; literature not medals this time.

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Mark

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Re: Made up Q.S.A. with all the bars...... 12 years 8 months ago #3970

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Mike

Unlike your example, this one was clearly not made up by the Master of the Mint. Some of the clasps seem to me to be "tailor's copies", so I suppose a collector took a named QSA and added the required number of clasps from whatever came to hand. If this was done a long time ago, it was probably cheap and easy to assemble. Given the price and rarity of some clasps today, it would be an expensive and time-consuming task to complete.

If this item is sold cheaply, it could be a bargain simply as a source of clasps.

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Brett

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Re: Made up Q.S.A. with all the bars...... 12 years 8 months ago #3971

QSAMIKE Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 5865 Thank you received: 1971	Good Evening Mark and Brett..... I also do think that some if not most are tailors copies...... Here is some pictures that I found of mine..... Not as good as my new camera..... Mike Life Member Past-President Calgary Military Historical Society O.M.R.S. 1591 Attachments:
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Re: Made up Q.S.A. with all the bars...... 12 years 8 months ago #3972

Mark Wilkie Offline Senior Member Posts: 430 Thank you received: 46	Superb, Mike ! The Master of the Mint did I fine job on this one. Is the QSA named? Cheers, Mark
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Re: Made up Q.S.A. with all the bars...... 12 years 8 months ago #3973

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QSAMIKE wrote: Good Evening Everyone......

Just looking at this on our favorite auction site.....

I have one of these but it was made up by the Master of the Mint.....

I don't like the look of the bars.....

What is your opinion.....

Mike

Hello Mike,
Had a look at the link and I don't like it, I agree with Brett, this is just a made up example and not a very good one! The photo's are very poor as well, as is the condition, not fond of ebay to be honest.
I do not have an example like yours and I think from memory, I have only seen one that I would have been willing to buy and that was in a London sale room quite a few years ago now, it went for a lot of money too!
A well known dealer here did have one, again a few years ago now and my first impressions were good, but, on looking at it both the Mafeking clasps were wrong so I stayed well clear!
King regards Frank

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