Ok here it goes. Many of you guys believe that all ww2 paint is acetone proof.
This ek1 came to me incl a number of other german medals and patches from a source of mine who bought it from a vets estate. I'm 100% sure that its untouched since the war.
I have had the cross for several years now I have always wondered why the core surface was dull on some places and shiny on others. My thoughs have always been that it was some sort of protective laquer. But that wasnt common practise so I only held it for plausible.
I took some aceton on a q-tip and just dabbed extremly gentle and it turned instantly black. I continued as you can see on the pics and it turns out that there seems to be two layers of paint. The first layer that is surfacing is fully intact.
I realize I probably should have left it alone but I had to know why it looked like it did.
As you can see from the surface I can probably remove all the of the top layer and still have a minty cross.
Any ideas guys?
This ek1 came to me incl a number of other german medals and patches from a source of mine who bought it from a vets estate. I'm 100% sure that its untouched since the war.
I have had the cross for several years now I have always wondered why the core surface was dull on some places and shiny on others. My thoughs have always been that it was some sort of protective laquer. But that wasnt common practise so I only held it for plausible.
I took some aceton on a q-tip and just dabbed extremly gentle and it turned instantly black. I continued as you can see on the pics and it turns out that there seems to be two layers of paint. The first layer that is surfacing is fully intact.
I realize I probably should have left it alone but I had to know why it looked like it did.
As you can see from the surface I can probably remove all the of the top layer and still have a minty cross.
Any ideas guys?
I hope that it work out allright.. I liked it much better before, but thats only my view..
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