Fake Keel Laying Commemorative Plates/Поддельные закладные доски

Fake keel laying plate of famous 1st rank cruiser "Varyag" that was laid down in 1898 at the American shipyard William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia.

Silver.​

Size 124.1 x 95.7 mm.
Weight 172.4 g.

Hilarious fake marks of Bailey Banks & Biddle Co. Philadelphia (company that manufactured original plates).

Note that letter "L" is missing in "Philadelphia". Philadephia ... Yep, this is what happens when instead of learning a foreign language our faker (as a young man) was doing time in prison.

 

Fake cruiser "Rurik" keel laying plate.

Silver, engraving.
Size 128 x 89 mm.

Fake marks.

Original marks https://asiamedals.info/threads/imp...plate-zakladnaja-doska-krejsera-rjurik.27587/

Fake case.