I have never seen an actual silver example, when you look at the quality of some home front badges, the thought of economy does not seem to have occurred.
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Originally Posted by dumdum
I'll check with a couple of my examples but I seem to recall that with one of these and a 1915 badge that I thought were plated, a discreet scratch and polish test on the side (much as they do to test gold...) showed a silvery metal.
Not inconceivable that they were issued both plated and in nickel silver. This raises the old question of what function the plated/ nickel badges served.
Something to keep us all talking....  |