Steel cap recovery by Ivan Bespalov

Because of my collection storage method change, I decided rescan all my Soviet caps.

A copy of the Vicror Zhdanov's post about restoring the Karmadon cap in bad condition.

Soviet caps must be handled differently than other (“normal”) caps. I will focus here on crown caps made from aluminum, which is of course softer than steel. That is why a thick plate was used to made a crown cap, to achieve more strength. I learned that it is not too difficult to bring such a cap back to excellent condition, but let’s not hurry...