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.
Here are two examples of serial number obliteration.

One is an OG3 in the 49,95x range. The correct number is somewhere between 50 and 50, and probably not 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, or 57, but I don't think you can say for sure. It looks like it might have been 50, 58, or 59.

The second image is of a BM which has been gouged with some tool multiple times, leaving only the vestige of the trail "9" and maybe a leading "7". The BM has also lost it's ear, and was punched through so it could be wired to its suspension (found with an aluminum VetLabor suspension).


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Damaged, Repair, Clean, Preserve Soviet Awards And Documents. - by Kirchgoens - 10-05-2008, 04:15 PM

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