Hi Mark,
Yes I am a member of the medal forum, but rarely post. I had a stall at Wakefield, Yate, Stratford, Bromley and others but have found medal dealing such hard work as it ties up large amounts of cash and most collectors have such narrow collecting fields. I know several dealers who attend medal fairs, have vast stocks but often fail to sell a single item at a fair. I once had a customer who wanted medals to his family name. He said it was a rare uncommon Yorkshire surname. It was indeed a strange name, so strange I remembered I had a medal in my stock with the very name. I called him over and said you won't believe it but I have a medal to that surname. It was a GSM 1918 to the Dukes (West Riding) Regt. I thought he would snap my hand off, I bet he goes years without finding one, instead he said his family was from East Yorkshire and the medal was named to a West Yorks regiment so he would pass on it. At that point I thought I should give up!!!
Regards
John
ps I have not traded at Bowburn
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