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It is a brass valve, and the collar in the radiator is brass as well, though it is hard to tell as it has been painted over. This would seem likely, but trying to put the new collar that came with the new valve onto the old valve wouldn't work either, the diameter of the old valve was just...

Recently a valve on one of our radiators cracked and began leaking steam. So I tracked down a pipe wrench and a 5' length of pipe for leverage and was able to detach the radiator from the valve, and the valve from the pipe. The 1 1/4 replacement valve from the hardware store fits the pipe...