Very Rough Looking Badge

[Home Guard]

I am not at all interested in buying this badge, but I am curious to know what members think about it being a good or bad badge. The wear on the front looks really rough. If this is being sold by a member, there is no offense intended, just trying to learn.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WW1-WW2-P...0AAOSwGzpfxqTE

Thanks,

Terry

[Trubia26]

I think it is not rough but polished...

[Sonofacqms]

Originally Posted by Trubia26

I think it is not rough but polished...

Very well polished!

Rob

[Peter Brydon]

The smoother a badge is polished the easier it is to get a shine on .

I was told years ago about Royal Marines using a grinding wheel to polish the detail off their metal badges to make them easier to keep shiny.

P.B.

[leigh kitchen]

Emery cloth was in vogue back in the late 70's (not in my regiment, which had only anodised aluminium badges but with other personnel I served with, such as Life Guards).

[sapper533]

My father's RASC cap badge had no detail on it at all, he had a relative who was a cobbler and he used to polish the badge on the those automatic brush wheels.
The badge is still a treasured possession.

[54Bty]

Brasso and cardboard, you sit there pushing the badge back and forth over the cardboard covered in Brasso until a black sludge forms, wash that off, new piece of cardboard, and off you go again.

Marc

[Frank Kelley]

I would save your money and go for a better example, if I were you.

Originally Posted by Home Guard

I am not at all interested in buying this badge, but I am curious to know what members think about it being a good or bad badge. The wear on the front looks really rough. If this is being sold by a member, there is no offense intended, just trying to learn.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WW1-WW2-P...0AAOSwGzpfxqTE

Thanks,

Terry

[Peter Brydon]

If I was collecting one badge for each Regiment/Corps/Department I would not include this badge, if I specialised in this unit I would happily add this example.

P.B.

[cbuehler]

Originally Posted by Frank Kelley

I would save your money and go for a better example, if I were you.

Agreed. The price is also very high for what it is. Personally, I like some of these worn and polished badges as it represents what the soldiers actually wore, and how badges were intended to be as shiny as possible. As collectors, a minty badge with patina is desired, but that is not how they were in service.

CB

[Home Guard]

Thank you all gentlemen. I am not interested in it, and was just wondering if it was good and highly polished or bad. Sounds like a good one, so if it were in my area of collecting, I wouldn't mind having it.

Terry