Hi Philip,
Certainly. This a North Korean medal, commemorating the "Fatherland Liberation War" from my collection. It is the obvious inspiration for the fake above, yet the Chinese never produced any similar real version.
As for the second medal, there just aren't any real ones that look even remotely like it.
For a direct comparison between a real & a fake, see below. First, here is a real "
Liaohsi Medal for the Struggle to Resist the US & Support Korea", a theoretically common (genuine) medal:
...and the fake (as "sold" on a highly reputable dealer's site):
It should be quite evident. The quality of manufacturing, style and aging (+ the hangar) are just odd.
I hope this makes it clearer.
I am reliably informed that, if you go to Dandong on the NK border with China (where these fakes are made), it is possible to pick up a bucket of the above for $1.
BP