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Order of crown belgium
madsonicboating  
Posted : Sunday, 18 September 2011 12:46:23 AM(UTC)
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nutha hours detecting whilst running the mighty hound dogs...didn't think much of the small badg till I got home and googled it...turns out to be very cool and given by the King of Belgium.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Crown_(Belgium)

Farrrk yeah!! :-D
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Posted : Sunday, 18 September 2011 12:52:18 AM(UTC)
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very cool find there Dan.
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Posted : Sunday, 18 September 2011 9:02:03 AM(UTC)
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Not to be a buzz kill, but I don't think what you found is the actual medal, could be wrong, but it looks like a reproduction. I have found several medals that were probably carnival prizes and I think that is what you have. Looking at the pictures it appears to me to be a copy. The ones I found had nothing but a matt surface on the back, the order of the crown has a back very similar tot he front.
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Posted : Sunday, 18 September 2011 9:52:38 AM(UTC)
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cool find, even if a fake. Do you guys have display board for showing your cool finds like that? Here's mine. I haven't got any coins in it at present, only everything else curious.
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Posted : Tuesday, 20 September 2011 12:54:26 PM(UTC)
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Here are a couple of medals I found that I at first thought were something good, then figured out the were reproductions.
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