Quoted from Bublehead:
There have been discussions on wether originals were silkscreened on the cabinets, or silkscreened on a substrate and applied to the cabinet. Not sure how a silkscreened cabinet gets wrinkles around the legs without there being a sticker or decal involved, but nobody was supplying aftermarket decals in ‘93 when I bought her, and there are wrinkles on my cabinet at the legs. Not sure when WMS/Bally went to decals but mine is a two owner original, my operator friend who bought it NIB, and me, who bought it from him, neither of us have done anything to the cabinet. I really wish we could find somebody who could clear up the confusion on original Bride cabinet art.
I can’t help you with your question but the head on my pin was definitely silkscreened directly onto wood, and the bottom cabinet is a decal. My head also looked blue/gray when I got it but as I started to sand it down, bright purple was underneath.
Marvin, I don’t know where the decals came from since it came with the pin I bought, but it also came with a new replacement playfield and the original owner mentioned Germany so who knows?