Ran into this problem at an antique show two weeks ago. A group of four was offered, a pair to the BEF, and two silver Canadian service medals, Second World War. An antiques' appraiser was set up at the show and the group had been submitted for a valuation before it was offered to me. The Canadian war and service medal weigh about 1.25 oz, so with silver now approx $35 Cdn an ounce, the un-named medals are worth somewhere in the $44 range. So, scrap value on them is approaching $90, and that didn't include the BEF pair...
The valuater had factored the silver price in, and the owner figured he had a group worth far more than the value in the medal market.
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Res ipsa loquitur
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