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04-30-2023 04:17 PM
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It looks more gold than bronze to my eye but different manufacturers, different lighting may say something else to other people.
It just doesn't look as gold as you might expect a gold one to look.
It might be a very shiny bronze.
Hard to tell.
Looking for LDO marked EK2s and items relating to U-406.....
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It definitely looks gold in those photos.
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This makes it extremly rare. I have been looking for one of these for a long time. The dealer I bought it from sold a gold example at the beginning of the pandemic- somebody just beat me to it. I asked if he had another one and he said he didn't. Yesterday when I bought this one, he let me have it cheap, as he had had it a long time and sold it to me as a bronze example. I immediately saw the gilding on the catch and pin and recognised it for what it was, a gold badge. After giving it a light clean with meths (grain alcohol in American English), it now sparkles in the sunshine.
Back to the award, the gold version was only awarded 63 times in total between 1930 and 1945. It only went to professional horsemen who had won several competitions.
I now have the complete set
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