Head Badge Paint restoration

Thanks guys so the general verdict is to keep it as it is and just re attach it after the job is done? I'm abit of a perfectionist but dont want to take away from the vintage feel either. For example the feathers has a great amount of detail and i don't want to lose that by careless polishing. I can do the above but also don't want to fuck it up in the process as i think its quite a rare head badge.

I do think that would look cool. But if you want to restore it Humbrol was the first thing I thought of too. You wouldn't need anything over the Humbrol - you might want to strip the old paint off with something first though. But I'd avoid anything that could fuck up a handsome head badge.

Fox i take it i probably couldn't just patch up the bits which are bare as they would look different to the original paint, curses the previous owner.

Thanks guys for all your help on this. So much nearer a choice!

-T