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<p>[QUOTE="Marie Forjan, post: 283081, member: 147"]I would bet it is sterling from the mark. </p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of costume jewelry companies turned to silver during the years of WW2 because base metals were needed for the war effort.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to shine it up use a polishing cloth. <i>DO NOT</i> do anything that would get the backs of the rhinestones wet!!! It will destroy the foil backing and ruin the piece! Better to have it tarnished than ruin the rhinestones <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marie Forjan, post: 283081, member: 147"]I would bet it is sterling from the mark. A lot of costume jewelry companies turned to silver during the years of WW2 because base metals were needed for the war effort. If you want to shine it up use a polishing cloth. [I]DO NOT[/I] do anything that would get the backs of the rhinestones wet!!! It will destroy the foil backing and ruin the piece! Better to have it tarnished than ruin the rhinestones :)[/QUOTE]
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