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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dawnno, post: 582588, member: 10171&quot;]Not sure what you mean by &#039;commemorative piece&#039;.&nbsp;&nbsp; The basic idea behind the stick pins was to show, as a veteran in civilian clothes, your medals earned.&nbsp; You could buy the &#039;mini version&#039; from a dealer and then pin them on you.&nbsp;&nbsp; In many instances, you could get multiple copies (and not sure if you needed documentation that you actually received an original medal) and you could buy them in various qualities, like silver or base metals.&nbsp;&nbsp; I own originals passed through my family, and by no means am an expert, and stay away from collecting for the reason of the market being flush with fakes, but the overall look of that pin warrants further investigation, i.e., looks at first blush good to me.&nbsp;&nbsp; Furthermore, I have&nbsp; EK stickpins (Eisernes Kreuz, Iron Cross) that associate with the original medal, which I can only know through the provenance, because, in reality, all you had to do back then was go down to the local &#039;medal shop&#039; and buy it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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