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Old 25-05-16, 09:59 AM
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Default FRG quality enamel

I have been looking for an example of Enamel disc type for a long time.Found this at the weekend so very happy about finding this.
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Old 26-05-16, 01:18 PM
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Few more.The disc on these two are smaller than the first posted.The RE`s is just marked "Sterling silver".
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Old 26-05-16, 02:04 PM
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The welsh and engineer's look like tortoise shell with mother of pearl on the engineer's from the picture's.
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Old 26-05-16, 02:14 PM
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Hello Andy.Yes a good point,But they are all 100% enamel.The REs most looks like TS,This is not the case.What you find with pretty much most TS is they are mounted in rimmed frames,I think the idea is to reflect light through them.Thanks for asking. Gary
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Well done Monty,

Some cracking examples there, lovely to see.

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