Drilling cockades

[Bobted]

Heres a question you know there are hundreds of cockades on ebay with the small hole and very few with the large hole. Anyone thought about simply drilling out a larger hole on the small hole versions, after all when the chinstrap is on you would not notice. Rob

 

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[Steve Nick]

I think it would be relatively easy to do if you had a drill press and used a series of progressively larger diameter drill bits and a "nest" for the Kokarde secured so that the Kokarde didn't spin when being reamed.

I've obviously thought about it, but I couldn't bring myself to degrade an original artifact in the process.