To restore or not to restore

[Spin Drift]

Picked this up in Lost Wages from my Ivory Bead good buddies last January. I inquired of Mr. Gournet for a quote to redo the engraving. It was not inconsequential but excellent work will always command a premium. I've amassed the funds but am still not sure on (pardon the pun) pulling the trigger.

It seems that a previous custodian ( and that's all we are to these fine guns) had it redone and the engraving was scrubbed off. Now I have two more Gr4's with identical floor plate engraving and know what it should look like. The thing is with the redo cost added to the acquisition cost I will most likely be a little underwater on this. I'm on the fence on going forward. Who has an argument one way or the other.

One thing is according to researching the SN book it is the 5th Titanic barrelled Gr4 and could be the earliest still known.