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Originally Posted by Luc
Not necessarily, it depends on how a badge is made. Stamped from sheet brass, plated and then lugs soldered is a common production method.
I'm pretty sure I've seen worn and dug up AAC cap badges that clearly show these were plated, but I can't seem to find a picture of that on my pc right now. I will look into this.
AAC cap badges with a slider are in my opinion all replicas.
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Hi Luc,
You have to remember that:
gilding metal (86,7% Copper, 13,3% Zinc),
brass (67% Copper and 33% Zinc) and
white-metal (64,5% Copper, 16,5% Zinc, 19,0% Nickel) Are all metalurgically relatively similar.
Whatever chemical processes happen to them when buried could explain why dug-up badges might end up looking like being plated.
There is to my knowledge no evidence for the existence of plated AAC badges, other than silver-plated officers badges.
Neither is stamping from sheet brass, plating and then lugs soldering a common production method.
I wonder even if solder for the lugs or slider will hold on plating. Probably on nickel but on chrome?
Rgds,
fougasse1940.