- Reaction score
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If you could tell us who he served with, then someone will probably be able to provide contact information for the applicable service, branch, corps or regimental museum.
geo said:Hmmm....
Medals are not / should not be sold at auction.
You might inquire about donating them to a military museum OR a local reserve unit's historical collection. While they usually won't pay cash, they can provide a tax receipt based on some valuation.
Some of the local Legion branches might be able to point you in the right direction....
Medals are not / should not be sold at auction.
geo said:Tess,
While I concurr with you that some private collectors being brought into the formula sounds good ... we end up with the situation where some of the medals of major military personas have left the country - gone for good so to speak... and that is a travesty in itself.... isn't it?
geo said:Being so far from the last major conflict, you are probably correct that it is to late to do anything about it BUT
given that we are presently nominating many soldiers for medals of valour & gallantry, it might be time to at least talk about it....
But again - it's one's opinion - I care for my grand dad's decorations - and have a standing offer from the museum of the R22R to add them to their historical collection.
Breaking ANY rack would be a self defeating situation. The whole is always more valuable than any one of it's parts.fraserdw said:Only racks of historical interest should go to museums and this should be law. Collectors are still the best preservers of such items but there should be laws prohibiting the breaking up of a rack or defacing any medals.
rmc_wannabe said:. . . there are 2 additional medals (a 1914 Star and a weird medal I'venever seen before) that do no share his name, regimental numbers or unit.
Blackadder1916 said:Are the additional medals named? Do you have a photo of the "weird" medal or can you describe it and its ribbon?