Badges!?! Badges!?! We don't need no stinking badges..... Or maybe we do.
Bicycle Heaven has some rare, NOS, bicycle headbadges at a pretty good price, but are they really? I say no. You see, back in the olden days when gas welding was still a thing, I distinctly recall manufacturer and supplier tags just like this on oxy-acetyline torch carts. I am 98% certain that is what this "head badge" originated as. And that makes it perfect for this build.
Tonight I finished painting and smearing the remainder of the parts. I decided to leave the headlight bucket chrome, just as any proper machine of the 1940's should have.
Assembly can begin this weekend after a few days of curing time.