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Australian Medical Corps Badges
I have a couple of queries regarding these two badges and would be grateful for some help.
I’m unsure about the genuineness of the lugs on the KC slouch hat badge and am also unsure as to whether the original finish would have been GM or whether the badge would originally have been blackened? The QC RAAMC appears to have either been blackened or bronzed prior to being polished and I’m trying to work out what the original finish would have been (with a view to trying to restore it)?
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Andy, Just my preference, but think both have a lovely patina just as they are, and would not do anything to them.
Terry |
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The KC AAMC came in gilding metal like your one as well as an oxidized (Blackened) version.
The QC RAAMC as far as my knowledge goes was only in gilding metal and then later in anodized aluminium. It looks like your one is G/M but with a lot of copper content, hence the reddish colour |
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Andy
The QC RAAMC badge would originally have been gilt brass. From past personal experience I think the one you have has been "cleaned" for an extended period of time in an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner. Similar discolorations can also occur if you use lemon or coke etc. It will probably loose some of the redness and go a dull brass colour as it ages. Dennis |
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The manufacturer of the AAMC hat badge during the 1930s was L Orbuck, of Richmond Victoria.
That might account for the unusual lugs although Henry Arendsen were to use similar in the late 1930s, early 1940s. Keith |
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Thank you for the replies guys and the very helpful and useful information contained therein.
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