to think this is not genuine?

[ValerieCupcake]

Tried to do a reverse google search for this. Nothing coming up.

It looks like a kid’s medal for taking part in a team. What else do you think it could be?

Not a genuine what?

@user1473878824

Not a genuine what?

Football medal achieved by a grown adult.

Well, it's hardly FA Cup quality but I'd be happy to believe that a lowish league club or Sunday dads league could hand out something like that. Why do you care?

But you can get medals for all manner of things. Charity games, amateur leagues, memorial games. So genuine how? What's the person who has it claiming it's for?

It's a medal, so it's genuine. Context?

Unless someone is telling you they are a professional footballer, and this is the proof, I’d say it’s genuine as a little medal for an amateur team.

@katicomps

Well, it's hardly FA Cup quality but I'd be happy to believe that a lowish league club or Sunday dads league could hand out something like that. Why do you care?

Why do I care? Someone I think is being fed a load of rubbish.

You know anyone can get medals and trophies made, right? So it’s genuine in that it is a real physical item resembling a medal. But whether or not the individual in question rightfully earned it is a different matter. Is that what you’re questioning?

@waterlego

You know anyone can get medals and trophies made, right? So it’s genuine in that it is a real physical item resembling a medal. But whether or not the individual in question rightfully earned it is a different matter. Is that what you’re questioning?

Yes.

You can buy medals like that for amateur games. DS has a few rugby ones in a similar style - participation, runners up, winners etc. What is the person claiming?

What is it supposed to be that you think it may not be? I don't know the name, is it a famous player?

The back story is probably interesting essential.

It's like pulling teeth with this OP

Whether it's genuine depends what the person is claiming it's for.
Sunday morning 5 a sides league Yes.
European cup No

@MrsTerryPratchett

The back story is probably interesting essential.

Someone I know is in conversation with the person who allegedly won this medal. I think they are being fed rubbish. It could be leading up to something unpleasant.

Well, clearly it's not a Champions League winner's medal, but it's certainly exactly the kind of medal an adult would get given at a low-level non-league tournament or a charity five-aside thing or something.

I don't really understand what your issue is? If someone has told you they got this for representing their country at the World Cup or playing in midfield for Tottenham or something, then obviously they're lying. But if they've just told you it's a football medal they won, then... clearly that is definitely exactly what this is?!

@bluebaul

It's like pulling teeth with this OP

Because it concerns someone else and not me. Possible scammer.

What is the person claiming they won it for?

Yep, context needed. Is someone claiming to be a premier league footballer and this is the proof? Or is someone a Sunday league player proud of their medal?

We can't help with such little detail to say if it's a scam or not. You've not said what they're claiming the medal is for / from.

It does look like the sort of medal you get at some levels of competition.

Are the names Nigerian?

But it’s not really a wild claim. Tens of thousands of people (maybe more…I’m really bad at estimating ) across the country play football on the weekends. Is it hard to believe this person may have won a medal? My husband has won medals and trophies for football over the years and believe me, he is no Pele. Ordinary, not particularly athletic people can win such things in their local leagues. It doesn’t really seem like an outrageous claim to me.

Whats the scam

OP just give us the full story and context as this is very painful

of course it’s a genuine medal or replica of a medal - but no idea what benchmark to are asking us to compare to