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Originally Posted by davec2
Hi Peter,
I may be totally wrong but the general procedure for plating, particularly nickel and more so chrome, was to copper plate first ( I have literally done that today on a badge I'm trying to do for Wilf ), what you see could be no more than the base metal for the plating procedure ??
Dave.
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Dave,
That would seem to explain it then. Thanks for that.
This makes perfect sense, though you cannot help but wonder why it was decided to issue such badges when they would need to be kept polished, and would possibly display this discolouration before very long.
Or would the plating be more hard-wearing/long-lasting than I imagine?
PJ