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Help with Black Watch Cap badge please
HI,dosent look white metal but not quite brass,Is jt just a normal corroded example please ?
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kind regards, Michael |
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Hi, surely this is dulled brass, no? I would imagine that white metal would not dull ins this way, but I might be mistaken.....
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I have seen white metal badges discoloured to a dull brass colour, I have a Prussian pioneer's pikelhaube which I purchased as an infantryman's with brass fittings and then found had white metal fittings under a thick layer of nicotine staining from cigarette smoke, a Grenadier Guards WO's Forage Cap with what appeared to be an all gilt badge but turned out to have a gilt grenade with white metal device.
I'm not, however suggesting that this Black Watch badge is discoloured by tobacco smoke. |
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Black Watch
Try a gentle clean with soap and water , , !
Rob |
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As you already probably know, brass and copper when gently rubbed in the hand / with fingers leave a coppery / brassy metallic odour. You can see and test this with old brass components / copper coins. It might be worth trying to see if this is the case using the edge of the badge but obviously with extreme gentle care? Just thought I would mention this in case this idea is of any use......
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Discoloured Wm due to damp / oxidisation.
Submerge it in distilled vinegar and within 5-10 mins it’ll be back to Wm again. |
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Thank you all gents for your help.
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kind regards, Michael |
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Quote:
CB
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"We seldom learn the true want of what we have till it is discovered that we can have no more." Sam. Johnson |
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