G'day Roy
Great discussion points.
I believe that Im a collector and I do so in many areas that are not military. I have a friend of some 50 years standing in the scout badge collecting area who Always has to come out on top in a trade and I have and I know that others have just walked away from him as a trade just cant be made.
It depends if the item being sought fits into a special field, ie in my case 17th Lancers, I will pay more for an item that I really want as against lets say an Hussar item (sorry Hussar collectors, just an example !) that whilst I would like it, Im not prepared to pay what I consider to be too much. One has to be selective as money doesn't grow on trees as they say.
As I don't sell badges etc, there is no investor aspect to my collecting.
Hope that this helps and lets see where the discussion goes.
And a pat or 2 for Lilly.
Regards
Phil.
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