The Oscar statuettes are gold-plated. During World War II, they were made of what material?

Question

In 1985 Stevie Wonder won an Oscar for the song "I Just Called to Say I Love You"; shortly afterwards it was banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation. What was the reason?

Answer 1

Painted plaster
They could be "traded" for "gold" ones after the war ended. The first statuettes were gold-plated solid bronze; a few years later the core was changed to Britannium, a pewter-like alloy plated in copper and nickel silver before the final gold plating. In 2016 the core was changed back to bronze.