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Grimebox
I agree. Personally I think it’s quite sad when medals leave the family, especially when they are relatively low value ones (financially speaking). I understand people not wanting to keep an old uniform or having the space for a helmet but medals are the sort of thing that don’t take up a lot of room and can be stuck at the back of a drawer if you don’t want them on display. I’m very lucky to have two of my Great Grandfathers WW1 medals, my paternal and maternal Grandfathers WW2 medals and my fathers medals.
As for this death penny, I recently inherited it. It’s not my usual collecting area and it’s not a relative, however, it’s an important piece of history and I’ll keep hold of it.
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