Awesome Thread!!!
Just dicovered today after posting on this subject last night. This ANSWERS nearly all of my questions! I wont repost pics here, but maybe mods might wanna move them here, as they are nice examples in good condition. (newbie Q's)
Great work and offering here Kevin, Thanks!!
Now I need to rethink the thoughts of someone before me...

Below a couple pics of what I now understand to be a "retired silver" following on current thread issue. This is a beautifully crafted (brooch/badge?) To me, this item feels to hefty to be Aluminum, considerably heavier. I'm no expert, but I do work with metals. Think the one pictured is german silver/white metal, thats my $0.0175

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