QUALITY OF MEDALLIONS
Difficulty With Engraving
There appeared to be a deterioration in quality of bronze medallions and crosses and trouble was again being experienced with engraving, Mr K. Daniell (Hawke’s Bay) told the annual meeting of the Royal Life Saving Society, New Zealand, held in Christchurch on Saturday. Some standard would have to be set. There was no doubt that the quality was deteriorating year by year. The medallions and crosses were as hard as steel, some were very roughly made and some were buckled.
The price was also going up year by year, Mr Daniell said. Engraving the awards with a tool had become very difficult If some approach could be made to the manufacturer to get a softer metal used the awards would be much easier to engrave. Branches could not afford to get the engravings done by a jeweller and consequently had to make use of the engraving tool, he said. If a better quality of medal was required they would have to be prepared to pay for it, the awards secretary (Mr S. B. Mason) said. Buckled medals could very easily be straightened out. '
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29325, 3 October 1960, Page 3
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