I wonder if someone wasn't trying to sell it to a scrap metal -breakers- yard? that happens a lot here. Many cenotaphs have been desecrated in Canada by thieves taking the bronze or brass original plaques.. This metal fetches a good price..and i can't say that Im aware of a lot, or any ethical breakers-scrap dealers
Lots of wire theft too for the copper.. recently someone broke into a transformer enclosure, broke some equipment to take the copper wire and left a couple thousand people in New Brunswick without power in the arctic cold...also a popular winter carnival had to be cancelled with no power.
Thieves care not a whit about historic, heritage, or respect for the fallen...
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