BPOE Sterling Buckle

[cambria09]

Hello fellow hunters. I found this yesterday at a fishing camp site that goes back to about 1900 but most of my datable finds only go back to the 1940's. I know that it is a Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks insignia but I cannot find this particular buckle on the net.

Two questions:
1) How old is it?
2) How do I clean it better? It has some nice relief and color on it that I don't want to mung-up by over-cleaning.

Thanks for the view and good luck out there. C9

 

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[sonofadigger]

wow that thing is awesome i would love to see some pics of that thing cleaned up just the other week i found a BPOE 10 cent token

 

[SilverPirate]

Wow, that's a cool buckle! Congrats!

 

[DJWEHAGE]

I like it. I like it a lot!

 

[ctitech0019]

baking soda and water , make a paste and rub it on , should do a nice job, and i would use a tooth brush on the medalion

 

[jokersaddiction]

Nice find. I sure would like to see a pic. after you clean it up.

 

[SusanMN]

One way to clean silver that is pretty effective is to lay a piece of tin foil in a bowl, add your piece of silver and then cover it with baking soda and a bit of salt. Then pour boiling water over it and let it sit till the water cools. You should then be able to run the tarnish off.

 

[gunsil]

I make sterling jewelry and my favorite product for cleaning heavily tarnished silver is called "Tarn-X" Used to be sold at Woolworth stores, now available at Lowes and I am sure a lot of other places. It is a dip or rub it on, rub it off liquid and fast acting.

 

[worldtalker]

I think it is a type of bolo?What ever it is please post a pic after clean up,man that is NICE dude! GodBless Chris

 

[MT_Joe]

Nice buckle! Is that a stone - ruby?