WW1 Brass Princess Mary Christmas Tin

[mike_vee]

Was hunting for an enamelled Munitions Volunteer Badge when I spotted this lot and got it for under £40.00 . As I was expecting to pay that price for the badge alone the other items were a bonus (1916 OWS badges are averaging £25.00 at the moment ).

So basically the tin was a 'freebie' !

There are problems with it , so thought I'd ask for advice.

The lid has been 'painted' , is there a safe way to remove paint or should I leave it "as is" ?

Also back lower corner damaged/holed , someone has done a 'basic' repair (blob of solder !) , do you think a jeweller/metalsmith could restore it properly or should I just leave it "as is" ?

As I have said , it really cost me nothing and is a nice decorative item but just wondered what others would do.