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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 1800570, member: 54&quot;]Agree holes drilled last.&nbsp; Regarding offcenter emblem, I’m guessing there was space reserved at the bottom for a presentation that never happened with this particular piece.&nbsp; The squadron may have had a few of these made up to be engraved with a personal presentation as folks were transferred out, much as we did with ship’s plaques in the USN.&nbsp; If this piece had such a presentation it would have sold higher depending on rank of recipient.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just to “get technical” those holes could been punched more easily than drilled.&nbsp; There are common handheld punch sets that would handle that thickness of brass, and avoid the fixturing needed to drill it.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-14-gauge-metal-hand-punch.html?SRCCODE=PLA00020&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwx7zzBRCcARIsABPRscO-Qy00bXw2OBBTMxZemB2ohMiEdDbRtHR5nuJB4rhEKIt2k684ioUaAvTOEALw_wcB" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-14-gauge-metal-hand-punch.html?SRCCODE=PLA00020&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwx7zzBRCcARIsABPRscO-Qy00bXw2OBBTMxZemB2ohMiEdDbRtHR5nuJB4rhEKIt2k684ioUaAvTOEALw_wcB" rel="nofollow">https://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-14-gauge-metal-hand-punch.html?SRCCODE=PLA00020&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwx7zzBRCcARIsABPRscO-Qy00bXw2OBBTMxZemB2ohMiEdDbRtHR5nuJB4rhEKIt2k684ioUaAvTOEALw_wcB</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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