Replica medals?

[wijit]

Mods, please move if not in the appropriate location. I couldn't really find a military type section.

Gentlemen (and ladies). Having been lost somewhere in the last 100 years, I'm having to buy replical medals my Great-Geandfather earned in Galipolli. I have found the two better places for this, and wondered if anyone had knowledge or experience with either?
The first is Empire Medals who claim to be an official supplier, the other is Worcestershire Medal Setvice who hold a royal warrant.
Obviously I want them to be as good as I can get. Price-wise, Empire are a bit dearer, but it is quality I need.

Can anyone advise please?

[carl_w]

I believe that WW1 campaign medals had the recipient's name stamped or engraved on the obverse, so you'd need to think about that. I ended up buying a load of WW2 campaign medals from eBay -- a couple turned out to be fakes and I had to sell them on at a loss. But I ended up with a complete set of what I wanted.

Note that if you can show extenuating circumstances (e.g. they were stolen in a burglary) you can get a new set from the War Office or whoever their equivalent is these days.

[wijit]

You are correct that they are engraved, but replacements can only be got by next of kin. As I'm two generations from that I can't do anything. I don't want to buy originals as they will have somebody else's name engraved on them and I have virtually no chance of locating my Great-Grandfather's medals. Although I have registered on several locating sites just in case.
As I'm resigned to buying replica's I want to get the best I can, and these two seem to be the main choices.

[acd80]

Ex-Royal Navy here. I've used Worcs Medals before and had excellent service from there for getting my swing mounted medals court mounted and also for a medal display case which is hanging in my study with my medals.. Never even heard of the other lot until now.

[wijit]

acd80 said:

Ex-Royal Navy here. I've used Worcs Medals before and had excellent service from there for getting my swing mounted medals court mounted and also for a medal display case which is hanging in my study with my medals.. Never even heard of the other lot until now.

That is plenty good enough for me then. Thank you very much.