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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.
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07-25-2006, 07:13 PM
I decided to go with the tootbrush and toothpaste option because it was the easiest and least drastic of the offered soloutions and amazingly the gold came away really easily with very little scrubbing! Smile

I have lost the patina off the front but I think its a good trade off for losing the fake gold plating.

Thanks to everyone who offered advice particularly Andreas!

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