RSS High Seas Fleet Badge

[Norm F]

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Here is a photo of an unworn posthumous award, again with an unfinished hinge and hook

Having said that I can not quite get my head around how they can crimp in the hinge and hook without any tell tale signs on the finish, although they have clearly done this.

As a further note there are some badges that can be found with finished and unfinished fittings and swastika, the unqualified air gunner by deumer for example although this is a very late war produced badge

Hi Rob,

It's possible they coated the brass fittings with a lacquer that didn't take the silvering chemical reaction during the finishing of the reverse, thus sparing these areas? That way the finishing could have occurred after the crimping. I notice that in the example from DN posted by Frank there is finish on the catch.

Best regards,
---Norm

[tintin]

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Checked the threads and can see what you mean Some foul play going on here.

Would you care to elaborate, before I get a bad name on this forum due to un-informed guess work???