Nice question Kirk and not a question i can easily respond to.
I love it when im able to reveal the history of an item like i did with my Honourring of the city of Frankfurt.
I also been thrilled by finding a lid of a fieldoven which bears the weapon of the 5th Landwehr Pioniere Battalion on the battlefield of Verdun in the middle of the trenches
That landwehr Pionier Battalion has fought in Tannenberg against the Russions and no futher history after that....I know their last station has been the Verdun battlefield!
I have cherished the rusty long German saber bayonets and the French M1886 rifle i found on the Verdun Battlefield.
I would never buy a relic, i need to find them myself, i have found over 2000 coins with my metaldetector, but will never buy a missing coin..
I have a large interest in all kinds of stuff, but when it comes to collecting daggers i prefer the good, mint, timecapsule ones....like they are left just yesterday instead of 70 years ago.
And my interests are always changing, it changed througout the years from Amo to uniforms to daggers, swords all kind of blades......bino's...
Sometimes i just have to buy an item, just to enjoy it and i can easily sell it a few months later, no need for me to stash it like i used to.
The hunt is more important, when the doorbell rings and a new item lands on my doorstep then im just like a kid getting a present on his birthday.....
I like to learn form seasoned collectors, but also share easily, i dont like keeping it all to myself, if i can help with what i learned so far im happy to do that.
Thats why Danny and I are in the process of making a bright new army reference book, that way we contribute to this collector society.
We have a great hobby, and being surrounded by nice fellow collectors sure help!
Regards,
Ger
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