Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 408 Fake Medal
Liang En showed a surprised expression because he found a victory medal in the center of the box, and this kind of medal is absolutely impossible to appear here.

The decision to create the Victory Medal was made after the Red Army's victory at Stalingrad, the first major Soviet victory in World War II.

Therefore, between 1942 and 1943, Stalin initiated the design of some medals, which were named after the most outstanding generals in Russian history.

Including Alexander Suvorov, Mikhail Kutuzov, Fyodor Ushakov and Pavel Nakhimov, while the Victory Medal was designed to represent the highest honor during this period medal.

The problem is that according to regulations, the Victory Medal, the highest military medal in the Soviet Union, is only awarded to generals or marshals who "complete one or several front army campaigns and bring about fundamental changes in the overall situation of the war in favor of the Soviet Red Army".

Therefore, the Victory Medal has been awarded 20 times throughout history, and a total of 17 people have been awarded, including five foreigners. However, whether they are Soviets or foreigners, the current whereabouts of all medals are recorded. no
So it seemed very strange that there was a victory medal in the box that Uncle Fan Meng brought. After all, his uncle was a local middle school teacher, so he should be able to understand these things.

Thinking of this, Liang En immediately picked up the medal and checked it. He was surprised to find that no matter the precious metal or the precious stone on the medal, it was actually real.

After further inspection, Liang En was able to confirm that this medal should have been made around 40 to 80 years ago, not the [-] to [-] years old like the genuine one.

Obviously, there must be an interesting story behind this medal that was born at the end of the Soviet Union. Thinking of this, Liang En used a [Appraisal (N)] card, and quickly obtained the story behind this medal through the card .

[In the last years of the Soviet Union, the original order was destroyed, and many things that were considered abnormal appeared one by one. Of course, this was also accompanied by a large amount of property being handed over or missing. 】

[The same is true for this medal. A craftsman at the Moscow Jewelry and Watch Factory who why didn't leave his post because of certain things used the stolen Victory Medal blueprint as a guide to process it. 】

[So this medal does not have a platinum frame, a gold inscription, and a gold-plated platinum pattern, but only uses silver as a frame with a copper-plated pattern. 】

[However, the diamonds on it are indeed real. Originally, only zircons were inlaid in the plan, but because of a series of complicated circumstances, the craftsman replaced the zircons on it with real diamonds as a special keepsake. 】

Although the information obtained by using the card is not very complete.But it also managed to let Liang En obtain some very important information, but if you want to know more, you should obviously ask Fan Meng's uncle.

"This medal is fake, but what's interesting is that all the diamonds on it are real natural diamonds." Liang En looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and said, "So Mr. Shevchenko, can you tell me about this medal?" How did you get the medal?"

"My father got it in 93." After looking at his sister, Shevchenko told Liang En about the source of this thing.

"My father was a policeman at the time, but you know that life was rough for everyone in those days, and the police were no exception, especially at that time he was just a new policeman and always had to do more work than others .”

"The worst of those jobs was winter patrol. It's not fun walking around in the winter in Russia, and he got this medal on one of those patrols."

"At that time, there were a lot of drunks on the street, more than before, and also more than now." Speaking of this, Shevchenko sighed. "But getting drunk in Russian winter is definitely a dangerous thing."

"My father found out that the original owner of this medal was already frozen, and this medal was found in the other party's clothes when he was looking for the other party's ID card."

"It's a pity that they publicized the situation of the corpse in the newspaper for three months but did not find anyone involved, so my father and the others buried the corpse in the town's cemetery and took it away. This medal."

Although it seemed inappropriate for Liang En to do this, it was completely acceptable in that chaotic era. More importantly, he felt that he could just manage himself in this regard and not dictate to others.

"So that's the case, that is to say, the origin of this thing is not very good - it's not suitable for publicity." After listening to the story, Liang En said with a smile. "Did your father ever say what kind of person he thought the original owner of the medal was?"

"That's not very clear." Shevchenko shook his head and said, "He only said that the man didn't look like a street gangster or a simple drunk, but a decent person, but the details may depend on him We can talk about it in detail."

"If this is the case, your item is not very valuable." Liang En looked at the forged victory medal and said, "Because there is no story behind it, this medal can only be sold at the price of the raw materials."

"But the problem is that although the diamonds above are natural diamonds, they are not worth much because they are all about 100 in size. Even if the new ones on the market are only about [-] Euros, this is still the price of the best quality diamonds."

"And if you sell diamonds, the discount is much higher than that of gold. The recycling price of such small diamonds is often only about 1/4 of the selling price, which means that the recycling price of a diamond is only 25 euros. This is based on your The diamonds are top-notch.”

"You have a total of 150 diamonds inlaid on it. I think it is the limit to sell for 3700 to 3800 euros. Considering that you don't have any legal purchase procedures, the price may be further halved."

"Of course, I'm not a professional in this field after all, so you can ask in Dublin these two days to see if there is anyone willing to pay a higher price."

"Your valuation is very standard, Mr. Liang." After Liang En's voice fell, Shevchenko immediately nodded in agreement. "I have been to Kiev before, and I was given around 1000-1200 euros there."

"Then what are you doing here in Dublin this time?" Liang En asked a little puzzled. If the other party needs money urgently, they should exchange this item for money at the nearest place instead of wasting energy and running to Dublin.

"The main reason is that I basically visit my sister in Ireland." Shevchenko said with a smile. "So I thought about bringing this thing here to see if anyone is willing to pay a high price."

"Actually, I'm really interested in this thing of yours." Liang En returned the medal in his hand and said at the same time, "Can I ask how much you want?"

"I want [-] euros, so that my daughter can go to Moscow to study." Because she knew Liang En's identity and relationship with the Fan family in advance, Shevchenko directly expressed her wish.

Of course, he also knew that no one in this world would show affection to another person for no reason, so he asked Liang En. "May I ask what you want from me?"

(End of this chapter)