yes its brass, heavy, all engraved with pittsburgh memoribilia steelers pirates police knievel choppers was building a custom bike for a customer, told this body set was 9000.00 all handmade, only one of its kind!! we used it for a display for years, time for someone else to enjoy it, would be great for a pgh restaurant or buss to put on display or build a bike (believe we have the frame they were going to build this on..... cant find the right gift for that pittsburgh fan well here it is!!!