Gold one or not?

[ValhallaMilitaria]

At the request of an interested member I would like to solicit opinions on this possible gold wound badge...we are both concerned that its a black one with the finish worn away.
Kind regards,
Eric
It is the one on the left.

[ValhallaMilitaria]

One more of the gold?

[mike y]

I see a hollow badge ( that for the most part would indicate a black badge, although there has been in rare cases gold and silver badges of this " deschler " type), that from these photo's, looks to be painted silver. Perhaps better photos are needed?

[ValhallaMilitaria]

Thanks Mike, better photos? when I took these I couldn't believe that it was me who did them...its going to be hard to get anything better, we may just have to asssume its a black one then.
Regards,
Eric

[EK-collector]

seems like it has a chance to be silver with typical blacking fadding, however model type it should be a black (so probably repainted because they were missing SWBs)

[Flemisch lion]

for me it is a black deschler who was sprayed in silver.... but a nice one

[Hans N]

Better pics are needed IMO and taken in natural light. Some good close ups would be nice as well.

First question that comes to mind is why it should be a gold one when the reverse clearly shows silver finish...

[ValhallaMilitaria]

I will try to do some daylight shots later, why gold? because in the hand it appears so.

[Chrvip68]

Don't use flash in your camera when you shooting...

Deschler hollow issues can be found in silver or gold but in my experience so far is 99% are sprayed or bearing postwar finishes.

[ValhallaMilitaria]

I tried not to use the flash to no avail...I think I may need a better camera than this Nikon Coolpix...anyway, the back IS silver, the front has the gold wash...lets try these alternates...

[stukapilot]

Typical black rare variant. You can find black paint on the revers.

[Andreas Klein]

Based on the photos i would say a silver one. The base material of the badge has started to react with the air which gives you this light red color.

[ValhallaMilitaria]

Thanks for the help, it sold as a black.

[Chrvip68]

Always in such cases the drill is standard, aceton test....

[Hans N]

Here is a silver that i recently picked up quite cheap. No doubts what so ever regarding the finish...