Patina is "not just dirt",,, who in the world told you that,,, Sarah Palin ?? Dirt is dirt & patina is patina. If a German soldier's Silver Wound Badge fell off the loops of his tunic & fell into the dirt on the ground, it maybe got dirt on it, but it didn't get "patina" on it. Patina is a BUILD-UP of a coating/film formed by natural oxidation of the object with exposure to the air, resulting from age. If you had a recently polished old silver coin ( what idiot would do such a thing ) & you weighed it, & wrote down the weight; then let the coin sit out in the air for a few years & turn blackish ( that black stuff is called patina), & you weighed it again, it would be a bit heavier due to the build-up of patina onto the surface of the silver. Patina to bronze is a greenish/greenish-blue oxidation; patina to steel/iron is rust from oxidation. You can clean dirt off with soap & water, but you can't clean patina off with that. When they bury you, or any of us, they'll be throwing 6 feet of dirt on you, not 6 feet of patina.
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All that aside, there are still some badges that you have that I would love for my collection.
What nationality are the numbered badges in post No. 65. And what are they for?
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Peter,Originally posted by Wood View Post
Based on the amounts of PM`s I`ve received regarding the sale of many of the tinnies I`ve shown, I would guess the majority of collectors out there like what they see
. Anyhow, in 1938, a monument was erected in honor a group of young and old Austrian volunteers who fought against the Italians in the Linz area during WW1. These badges were handed out to them. Less then 1000 were issued.
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Hi Chris
I haven't checked in for about 2 weeks.
Thanks for showing your keepers!!
I love em!Comment
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Hi Chris,
can you mail me the good pictures of these tinnies (front and back) ?
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A smaller grouping
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A few more trays for the next few days. The rest are in storage
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