Silver Wound Badge - Klein & Quenzer A.G

[mevm36]

Hello,

For presentation, my silver wound badge almost mint with perfect patina....

Marcus

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[Thomas Durante]

Nice original K&Q but not much original silver finish remaining. Still missing one of these for my WB connection.

Tom

[judorichard]

I agree with Thomas, a nice original K&Q but as the badge is zinc it has absorbed all of the original silver finish. This is the problem with zinc badges.

[kevin john]

Yes a nice original badge with no finish,i wonder if it ever had the finish applied as there should be some finish left but this is like a blank canvas before it is used.

[Hans N]

i wonder if it ever had the finish applied as there should be some finish left but this is like a blank canvas before it is used.

If you look closely there are tiny specs of silver finish still visible

[mevm36]

Yes there a traces of the original finish left in tiny amounts over the entire badge. What strikes me as remarkable is the patina that developed over the entire badge in such a consistent manner. And I just have to add that yes this is patina over the entire badge. This particular badge came from the estate of a US soldier who fought in Normandy and is apparently where he picked this particular badge up at the end of the war, although I have no proof. This was the information I received when I purchased the badge.

Marcus