Any Ideas Please

[Chef Geoff]

Well all cleaning is destructive to some extent but it's difficult to know what you mean by "crud" are you talking about a build up of corrosion or do you mean it has a calcium deposit on it? If corrosion then your stuck as that isn't "on" the medal but is "in" it and therefore part of it but if the latter then you could try some short electrolysis, and I do mean short ie 15 second stints, or if desperate and not to worried then most toilet cleaners that get rid of limescale should shift it but once again keep an eye on it  

[Val Beechey]

Well sorted Stampey.   Always rewarding to find out exactly what you've found.


Val

[stampy]

I think its a mixture of both Chef, will give the toilet cleaner a quick go and see what happens? Hopefully this is the link that shows the medal....quite nice.

http://www.historicalartmedals.com/MEDAL%20WEB%20ENTRIES/DASSIER%20KINGS%20AND%20QUEENS-NEW/JAMES%20II-BW619%20V.HIGH.htm

Stampy