My alpaca skull ring

**slados28** · 01-13-2016, 05:23 PM

With all the ruckus going on with regards to this subject at the moment I was inspired to take some shots of my only example and post it up.

Ground dug, I have no reason to doubt it --- to me everything checks out, would be nice to learn some more about this type though. I think it's possibly alpaca..?

Hope you like it.

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 01-13-2016 05:23 PM

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**Glenn66** · 01-13-2016, 06:44 PM

Looks fine to me!

Typical degradation of a pot metal construction ring with remnants of silver plating over a non-cast body. A nice and period ring IMO.

Any markings inside the band?

**slados28** · 01-13-2016, 07:02 PM

Thanks, Glenn --- No markings inside the band as far as I can see. This one's yet another Karelia sourced item btw. Does this style have a particular name in the collecting world?

**Australia** · 01-13-2016, 11:50 PM

still learning but i believe these are called the "Gorilla head" variation , is it marked alpaca ?

**odal** · 01-14-2016, 02:30 PM

Looks for me like a nice one.
But i think more its a kind of brass or bronce alloy.
Alpacca/german silver/nickel silver usual doesn`t get as dark as this ring is.

**Glenn66** · 01-14-2016, 02:44 PM

The metal is similar in colour to my 'GOLDIN' material rings which is a copper alloy giving a gold-like colour but when corroded become dark like this.