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A friend of mine here in town runs a small bronze foundry. He's a scupltor and designer and tends to work on small art projects. Recently he offered me a trade in cast bronze items for a 19th Century inspired modern winter coat, which I'm thinking of producing anyway for a local clothing store. I figured that since he's offering I could use the opportunity to try and reproduce some kind of small bronze item from the war.
My knowledge of the use of bronze during the CW is limited...it's just something I've never considered before. Mostly I am interested in finding out just what kind of common items that would have been available to soldiers were made of bronze or bronze-based alloys. Buttons, badges, medals, pins, buckles, accouterment plates, etc is what I'm after.
Thank you for your assistance,
Brian White
Wambaugh, White, & Co.
A friend of mine here in town runs a small bronze foundry. He's a scupltor and designer and tends to work on small art projects. Recently he offered me a trade in cast bronze items for a 19th Century inspired modern winter coat, which I'm thinking of producing anyway for a local clothing store. I figured that since he's offering I could use the opportunity to try and reproduce some kind of small bronze item from the war.
My knowledge of the use of bronze during the CW is limited...it's just something I've never considered before. Mostly I am interested in finding out just what kind of common items that would have been available to soldiers were made of bronze or bronze-based alloys. Buttons, badges, medals, pins, buckles, accouterment plates, etc is what I'm after.
Thank you for your assistance,
Brian White
Wambaugh, White, & Co.
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