As a collector not a trader I may be out of line with the general thinking but to me the monetary value is immaterial as I collect for pleasure and consider patina to be another word for neglect.
I can imagine some squaddie wearing a dull badge telling the RSM that it was patina.
I was always proud of my capo badge and disliked A/A because of the fact that in my job they quickly deteriorated by having the surface scraped of when working under vehicles so that the black base showed through so I always wore a bi metal QC badge which could be highly polished. I therefore like to keep my displayed badges well shone by frequent brushing with a dry nail brush.
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