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Enamel of early badges have clear signs of manual work ... See?
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Very weak gilt - typical for early badges
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Breast star Obverse
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See what I am talking about?
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Early badges (and breast stars) have more rich yellow. It is practically orange. But scans and photos can be very tricky. Previous posts show natural, real life colors of enamel. This is what you can do with a little tooling Actual color Clarified variant
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Typical for early badges narrow cabochon ring
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Upper ray
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Back of suspension
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Reverse
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Perfect enamel - only typical (for non-posthumous awards) mini cracks on upper ray
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Time for a sach badge examination Obverse
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This one was sold once by W. & F.C. Bonham & Son, Ltd. Same birdies
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Actually only twice have I seen such interior Second time it was Peterson 3rd edition. On jacket back
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Cootchy cootchy coo
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Only earlier boxes for this order has birdies on lining Later boxes have dark blue lining
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Inside
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Bottom of the box "Nut and honey"
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Hecho a mano Sweet!
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Chrysanthemum Inscription
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In commemoration of Christmas and New Year Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year dear friends and colleagues!!! 大勲位菊花大綬章 Daikun’i Kikka Daiju-shō 大 - Large 勲位 - Order of Merit 菊花 - Chrysanthemum 大 - Grand 綬章 - Cordon Straight from Meiji epoch
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Russian Federation Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th Class
JapanX replied to JapanX's topic in Russian Federation
Note interesting heads of revets
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Russian Federation Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th Class
JapanX replied to JapanX's topic in Russian Federation
