Mr. Melvin C. Bashner of El Paso, Texas wrote Blitz a wonderful letter about how he was familiar with Blitz products during World War II (You may have read the previous article, which can be seen here).  Blitz responded to his letter by sending him the Original Blitz Cloth.  Mr. Bashner has sent us a thank you letter and it is our pleasure to share it with you!

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A recent letter to Blitz from Mr. Melvin C. Bashner of El Paso, Texas, is only one of many letters we receive from America's heroes, our Veterans.  As many do in their letters, he recalled our 'Blitz cloth'.  He wrote, in part, "... As a World War II - U.S. Marine --- the Blitz cloth - was a must for ... brass!"  Mr. Bashner has been featured in the 12 May 1995 China Daily reminiscing about the horrors and history of the Asian aspect of World War II, and concluded in his memory, "... we cannot relax our vigilance, or we pay these same high prices we paid ... years ago."

We at Blitz respect the history of our Veterans, and recognize that a great part of the Blitz past was directly tied to the everyday G.I. Joe and those soldiers who fought and paid the ultimate price to give us the freedom we cherish today.  On 11 November let us remember Veterans.  On 7 December remember the attack of Pearl Harbor in 1941.  On 11 September remember the modern day patriots and first-responders who were called upon by fate to help their neighbors in the 2001 attack.  And let everyday be a day of remembrance and thanksgiving for other every-day individuals whether they work tirelessly at homeless shelters, help the sick to recover, or give hospice aid and comfort and dignity.

 

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And, yes - as we responded to Mr. Bashner's request - Blitz still makes the Blitz cloth with the same 1912 formulation.  If you cannot find it locally - we still offer it on our website.  Just click the icon below to find it, or click here.

   

 Whether you want to impress a prospective client, wow your date, or just act like an Egyptian today's fashion summons statement jewelry. In ancient times, Egyptian queens wore large necklaces, and Roman women wore elaborate rings.   In the 1920's, Coco Channel created a fashion buzz by creating large pieces for Hollywood stars.  From Theda Bara to Ginger Rogers to the incomparable Audrey Hepburn, statement jewelry defined glamorous moments of the 20-th century.  

This type of jewelry cam be very difficult to clean if makeup or other material gets on it.  It may be made of a variety of materials:  A mixture of precious and base metals, pearls, gems, beads, wood, mother-of-pearl, or ivory.

Blitz offers several choices to assist.

For metals, we suggest starting with a clean cloth and fashion Foamz™ item # 663.  It is not recommended for un-coated wood, paper, papier-mache, or items that if wet will swell, dissolve, or erode.  Otherwise, foam on, and wipe off.  The foam gets in the smallest crevices, but will not affect plated metals.

Blitz also has a full line of ready-to-use treated cloths made of suede-soft microfiber.

item # 20463, Blitz MoonGlow™ Silver, Gold and Platinum Care Cloth

item # 20464, Blitz MoonGlow™ for Fashion Jewelry and Watches

item # 20465, Blitz Moonglow Cloth for Soft Gems

item # 20466 Blitz Moonglow Cloth for Pearl Care

item # 20880, Blitz MoonGlow™ for Rhodium-Plated Silver

item # 7808, Blitz Microfiber Cloth - for all gentle cleaning

From time to time Blitz receives emails and letters about our historic Blitz cloth.  Some ask us what it looked like (there were many versions), others show us their cloths that they find at antique malls or other places.  Apparently they are collectible by those interested in Americana and all things WWII.  

Sadly, Blitz does not use this design any longer though from time to time we bring out commemorative editions, such as our 90th Anniversary Tin.  

Blitz does still make the item # 105 cloth.

A rare find - one of the best preserved Blitz has ever seen - comes from "LJ" (21 June 2011) who cleaned out a storage shed and found one of the Blitz classic cloths.  Our sincere gratitude to "LJ" who allowed us to use the images below.

Blitz Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Since 1912,

For 100 years, the Blitz Manufacturing Company, Inc. has manufactured environmentally safe, non-toxic metal and jewelry polishes, jewelry cleaners, polishing cloths and jewelry accessories.

Blitz Manufacturing is a well established, growing international company with an excellent management team, diverse markets, entrenched core products, numerous high profile commercial accounts, and Blitz is well staged to grow tremendously over the next several years, as our product quality and trusted safety is on demand world wide.

In 1912, Auburn Specialties Company was established in Auburn, New York, where the original "Blitz Cloth" was developed. In that year, the word "Blitz" was trademarked as it applies to jewelry polishing cloths and liquid polishes. 

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Mayor Tom Galligan of Jeffersonville, IN

In acknowledgement of our annual contribution for local charity, we received this nice note from the local mayor, Tom Galligan.