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Originally Posted by rmarsden
Thomas,
I ask myself the same questions, who wore it, why struck in brass, when was it made? Untill someone invents a technology that can tell when a metal object was made we will never know. I used to have access to a XRF machine which would show the different percentages of elements in an object but not its age. Even if you proved that modern braze material was used on the lugs you cannot say when those lugs were fitted.
Why do I like it, I have not seen another example struck from this particular die. Fakers would have produced hundreds of pieces where are they? It has service wear the edge of each letter has been rounded off with polishing, not something a faker has time to do.
I would like to have seen that HCB die set recently sold on Ebay to see if it matched any of my examples but was outbid.
A hundred year old badge or not I cannot honestly say.
More brass BW badges to follow!
Ron.
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Could it be that a manufacturer made badges in brass to later be nickel-plated, but this one was never plated? Could be a simple answer like that.
Cheers,
Alex