There are obviously several kinds (methods?) how firms did gold plate their 2nd luft pommels. Eg, SMF did use a very bright, thick gold color (can be compared to now available gold laquer) which also does hold the brightness. HOELLER (another firm which did gold plate pommel swaz s) for example did use a more thin gilding which tends to darken (perhaps the kind JohnZ did describe). EICKHORN did use gilding which does look kind of orange. The case is even more complicated because the firms which did gold plate 2nd luft pommels did not plate all of their 2nd lufts.
But concerning the question of Texasuberalles, as Vern did already state and others did add, there are more firms with gilded pommel swaz s than the two mentioned in the first post.
Regards,

wotan, gd.c-b#105

"Never look for sqare eggs" as a late owner of an original FHH-dagger used to say.