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Leave the damn thing alone! Don't mess with what looks like a period repair
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Have the solder removed to make the serial number readable
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Remove the solder AND repair the enamel
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Damaged, Repair, Clean, Preserve Soviet Awards And Documents.
desantnik Wrote:Silver solder was used - never tin so black means post-Mint work.

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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Damaged, Repair, Clean, Preserve Soviet Awards And Documents. - by travel-north - 11-17-2011, 05:28 PM

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