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    #1

    Gun Show Panzer Badge

    Hello to all,

    Found this A.S. Panzer Badge today at a local gun show. Didn't really need another one of these, but since this is my favorite PAB design, and it was priced right, I figured there is no harm in having another.

    The front still looks fairly bright, but the finish is a bit speckled and has some bubbling as well. There is some copper undercoating visible at a few areas where the finish is worn.

    Best regards,
    Tom

    Height 62.90mm
    Width 43.36mm
    Weight 22.6 grams
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    The reverse has darkened considerably and there is much more bubbling visible.
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      #3
      Hi Tom,

      Very nice addition. I have always liked this design and maker mark as well, nice quality for a zink badge.

      Looks like the silver plating is just tarnished. Would clean right up with Tarn-X if you were so inclined, but personally I would leave it like it is.

      Tom
      If it doesn't have a hinge and catch, I'm not interested......well, maybe a little

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        #4
        Originally posted by Thomas Durante View Post
        Hi Tom,

        Very nice addition. I have always liked this design and maker mark as well, nice quality for a zink badge.

        Looks like the silver plating is just tarnished. Would clean right up with Tarn-X if you were so inclined, but personally I would leave it like it is.

        Tom
        Thanks for the response, Tom. Didn't you pick up a die-stamped version of this badge at the MAX? That's the really rare one. I agree with you that it is best to leave the badge as is. If you shine it up too much, no one will believe it's real.
        The guy that I bought this badge from actually ruins a lot of badges and medals by putting them in a polishing tumbler. He says it "makes them sparkle like new" but it also removes the details of the badge. Fortunately, I was able to save this one before it met that fate. Yes, I have tried telling him not to do this but he doesn't listen. He also has a stiff wire-bristled brush that he says "works great on zinc." I once sold him a zinc Wound Badge that he immediately started to scrub with his wire brush, while I stood there dumbfounded.

        Best regards,
        Tom
        Mihi libertas necessest!

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          #5
          Hi Tom

          That would not be Tom K from the Toledo show would it?
          He usually sets up along the left wall. I watched him take a late sink pilots badge and clean it with the same small wire brush to show me how nice it cleans up.

          Terry

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            #6
            Originally posted by TerryK View Post
            Hi Tom

            That would not be Tom K from the Toledo show would it?
            He usually sets up along the left wall. I watched him take a late sink pilots badge and clean it with the same small wire brush to show me how nice it cleans up.

            Terry
            People like that shouldn't even be aloud to own a cactus

            Nice badge by the way, These too are one of my favorite designs...... In face its my favorite design

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              #7
              Originally posted by TerryK View Post
              Hi Tom

              That would not be Tom K from the Toledo show would it?
              He usually sets up along the left wall. I watched him take a late sink pilots badge and clean it with the same small wire brush to show me how nice it cleans up.

              Terry
              Hi Terry,

              I wanted to be polite and not mention a name, but what can I say. He is at the gun show in Berea this weekend. His tumbler made a zinc KVK1 look like chrome and it also eradicated most of the stippling to the cross arms. And oh what it did to an SA Sports Badge. I also saw him once take apart an original period-assembled medal bar. If I would have had the cash at the time, I would have ransomed the poor medal bar. I just stood there, unable to utter a word.

              Best regards,
              Tom
              Mihi libertas necessest!

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