We stock a wide variety of genuine Indian Peace medallic items. Unfortunately, with the increase in popularity and price of genuine Indian Peace medals, the crooks and con-artists have moved in. If you have a Peace medal and wonder if it is genuine, check the following. Indians are known to have sold silver-plated medals to collectors over 75 years ago. These are excessively rare and highly desirable awards to Indians, hand engraved by silversmiths on both sides.
Sizes vary, and each is unique.
Most of the Washington Indian Peace medals are cast copies of originals, often made many years ago to fill the cabinets of collectors who could not afford originals. Original ovals are hand-engraved on a sheet of silver, and are finely made by master silversmiths. Around 1960 or so, some hand-engraved silver copies were made by English silversmiths, as copies. These are more difficult to distinguish. Most, but not all, original medals include a silversmith hallmark.