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Old 13-07-11, 08:35 AM
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A very good question.

I have a broken "RF City of London" shoulder title. It has been suggested that I get it repaired, but as I don't have the missing part and no idea what battalion number it originally had it made me think I might be creating a fake?
So I have kept it as found.

Another thing I find amazing is Antique dealers taking wooden wartime ammo boxes and trunks and stripping them back to bare pine, but they all know you shouldn't polish the patina off a bronze statue, a real double standard.

I guess the end user needs to make the decision, not the dealer?

Rob

Last edited by Rob Miller; 13-07-11 at 08:36 AM. Reason: "Lack of moral fibre"
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