Need help ID brake levers

[ddmrk]

Does any one know what year or model where this brake lever used instead of white plastic insert it has an aluminum insert

 

[sfhschwinn]

those levers with flat handles are 1968 and older. I would assume early 60s for the aluminum but I never noticed the two types of inserts, guess you learn something new every day

 

[spoker]

i think red dors[early]had metal inserts,gold dots[later]had nylon insets

 

[sfhschwinn]

i just looked at some of my bikes. My 67' ramshorn is red dot and has plastic but my 61 jaguar red dot has no insert at all? weird