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Old 02-04-09, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by jubilationtcornpone View Post
Thank you to all who responded. I was afraid I was asking a dumb question but have learned a lot. Attached is a picture of the badge I picked up in a San Francisco antique (junk) shop several years ago. I don't know if you can see it in the picture but there is pink residue in the creases between some of the flames. Would this be left over from being polished?

Don
Hi Don,

Could be, the picture has caught rather a lot of flash so its hard to say for definite but a type of polish the soldiers used to buy 'back in the day' called soldiers friend used to dry pink.

Cheers,

Luke
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