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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%
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Old 11-04-2011, 12:35 PM   #6
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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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