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View Poll Results: Repair or not | |||
Leave the damn thing alone! Don't mess with what looks like a period repair | 12 | 54.55% | |
Have the solder removed to make the serial number readable | 9 | 40.91% | |
Repair the enamel only | 0 | 0% | |
Remove the solder AND repair the enamel | 1 | 4.55% | |
Voters: 22. You may not vote on this poll |
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11-04-2011, 12:35 PM | #501 |
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Re: Cleaning medals
To paraphrase somebody: collecting medals is like sex, the dirtier the better.
Besides, I'm lazy so prefer not to spend time cleaning |
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11-04-2011, 02:10 PM | #502 |
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Re: Cleaning medals
Interesting metaphor...
I kinda agree. But I think that, if I could, I'd try to get two of each medal, order, title and whatsoever. I'd keep one of each in a normal cabinet or something, and the other ones I would carefully polish and restore to it's "right outta mint" condition, and make it shine as it once shone, and put them in a vacuum chamber/pressurized container (with a polycarbonate window), so it won't gain patina. Thus it would be expensive, it would be the ultimate collection. |
11-05-2011, 12:34 AM | #503 |
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Re: Cleaning medals
The imperial War Museum in London has this advice:
IWM Home Page > Your History > found it in the attic? > Caring for medals Here is advice from the Department of Veteran's Affairs (Australia), including the cleaning of ribbons: How to clean medals Cleaning medal ribbons Simon |
11-05-2011, 12:55 AM | #504 | |
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Re: Cleaning medals
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11-17-2011, 12:28 PM | #505 |
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Re: Questions about soldering on medals...
Does it mean that all genuine medals with black soldering like in the picture attached are either type 1 medals that had additional soldering done by the owner to fix the ring because of damage or later type medals that were remade to look like type 1 medals?
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11-17-2011, 12:39 PM | #506 |
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Re: Questions about soldering on medals...
I just wanted to add that the picture of the ring is of a genuine type 1 medal that on the reverse has a sickle with a handle extending to the other side of the blade. I'm posting a picture to illustrate what I mean. And as far as I know only type 1 medals can have such a sickle on the reverse. So there is no possibility that it could be a type 2 or type 3 medal converted to type 1.
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12-04-2011, 01:47 AM | #507 |
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Curiosities
Hello everybody,
I just purchased this one for a couple of bucks - it seems that someone was a little bit angry with Josif Stalin at the end ... Jens |
12-04-2011, 04:03 AM | #508 |
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Re: Curiosities
Agreed - that was far from accidental.
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12-20-2011, 10:48 AM | #509 |
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Re: Curiosities
That is VERY cool !
A real piece of "personal" history. |
01-07-2012, 02:56 AM | #510 |
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Serial numbered campaign medals
Hello,
I just want to present my latest purchases. I have been looking for a long time for some nice, genuine serial - numbered combat medals. Jens |
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