Hello,
Posting this IAB that I just bought, originally posted in this thread - http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru....php?t=1028506. I'm posting it here to try to show the finish a little better and show more details, though I'm not sure I did so well with my poor photography skills. The first two shots of the obverse are taken indoors with an Ott light shaded by a piece of paper to try to cut down on the glare while the rest of the shots are in full sunlight. Though it looks almost bronze in the pictures, in hand it appears like a toned silver wash on the front with a white wash to the reverse. The wear to the highlights are gray, though not quite a flat gray like some of the late war zinc. I'm no expert, but I think it is a higher quality zinc with maybe a tombak or copper wash applied to the obverse before the silver wash was applied. What do you all think?
Thank you,
Dale
Posting this IAB that I just bought, originally posted in this thread - http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru....php?t=1028506. I'm posting it here to try to show the finish a little better and show more details, though I'm not sure I did so well with my poor photography skills. The first two shots of the obverse are taken indoors with an Ott light shaded by a piece of paper to try to cut down on the glare while the rest of the shots are in full sunlight. Though it looks almost bronze in the pictures, in hand it appears like a toned silver wash on the front with a white wash to the reverse. The wear to the highlights are gray, though not quite a flat gray like some of the late war zinc. I'm no expert, but I think it is a higher quality zinc with maybe a tombak or copper wash applied to the obverse before the silver wash was applied. What do you all think?
Thank you,
Dale
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