Poll: Repair or not
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Leave the damn thing alone! Don't mess with what looks like a period repair
54.55%
12 54.55%
Have the solder removed to make the serial number readable
40.91%
9 40.91%
Repair the enamel only
0%
0 0%
Remove the solder AND repair the enamel
4.55%
1 4.55%
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Damaged, Repair, Clean, Preserve Soviet Awards And Documents.
Rusty,

There are special solutions to apply toning, available to coin collectors. This toning may look fine on a coin, but just screams "fake!" on a medal. I think I would clean it up completely, rub some brake dust on it (yeap!), and let time do the rest.

Alexei
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Damaged, Repair, Clean, Preserve Soviet Awards And Documents. - by Nota Bene - 01-23-2004, 01:17 AM

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