25 gab, jfs

[Van]

Hello,
This came off a "Vets board"(thats what the family called it) with a bunch of other medals and badges. I put a thin coating of Vaseline on it, like to hear your thoughts, unfortunately all the badges have had the pins and catches removed
Van

[Van]

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[Van]

hinge and catchless...

[heinrich66]

Looks good to me.

[Eddie]

agree,looks like original badge,sad they removed the hardware.

[Panzercracker]

I'm sure someone would pay close to 1/2 of market for it without the hardware. It's got a lot of eye appeal left on the obverse, and, someone crafty enough, just might be able to make a screwback out of it -which would make it look pretty cool IMO. It may not increase the value in some eyes, but atleast it's something different. Nice badge!

--Ken

[Van]

Thanks all, I sure wish the "Love Doctor" was still around, sigh...
Van

[Van]

Here are some better pics that show the patina on the badge much much better..
Van

[Thomas Durante]

Looks OK to me Van. Odd condition though, looks like it was poorly stored, almost like it was ground dug!

Tom

[stewy]

As the guys say,original. But it's had a hard life. Stewy

[scott3000]

I can only agree, I think it was ground dug, but original nonetheless

[Ludwig]

Looks OK to me, too.