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    #16
    How can you have that much wear to the eagle/swaz without losing the gilding?

    This is what bothers me.


    Perhaps it was regilt? Perhaps die flaws?

    janvs

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      #17
      Looks like "pressure" wear and not "scraping" wear. The gilt looks fairly uniform.

      Yuri

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        #18
        Two more to observe

        I'm not sure about the one on the left. It is not from the same die as the one on the right. If it's a copy I'm amazed at the finishing to the guns and the flag. Thoughts please?

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          #19
          and the back

          ...back of the same two. Look at the hinge. It seems to me to be the same. Leftover stock on a copy?
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            #20
            Hi,

            Sorry, but I believe the badge on the left is a Cave Creek Special. The maker's mark is incorrect, the hinge and main pin are incorrect and the door above the main deck is missing (1/2 way between the lower/forward gun and the X-hatched bracing - this is one of the best giveaways if you know to look for it). The finish does not look like fire-gilding to me either. The badge on the right is a genuine but very worn example - a nice honest example though.

            I personally have seen no evidence for Schwerin having two sets of dies for their Destroyer's Badge - the later production zinc badges have basically the same features as the earlier tombak examples.

            Regards
            Mike K
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            Mike

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              #21
              Hi Brians,

              I absolutely agree with Mike. Left badge is no good.

              Cheers, Frank
              Cheers, Frank

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                #22
                I didn't like it either...

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                  #23
                  The badge on the left is a reproduction in my opinion.

                  Yuri

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                    #24
                    Another Schwerin for Comparison

                    Boy this thread is seeing a lot of action!

                    Yuri,
                    Here's mine as well.

                    Brians,
                    I agree with the rest, the badge on the left is no good. I don't like anything about it other than I don't own it. Sorry.

                    Tim

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