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SAVED FROM THE LOCAL TIP
Hi Guys
This little lot nearly got lost forever to day found in the metal bin at the local tip !! steve
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Quote from my daughter I am not worried about the future as it distracts me from the present !! MINE The answers are out there its a mater of doing the detective work to get them ! |
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more pics
whats not shown is the pips , crowns and buttons etc steve
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Quote from my daughter I am not worried about the future as it distracts me from the present !! MINE The answers are out there its a mater of doing the detective work to get them ! |
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Amazing what gets chucked out...cracking wings !!
I remember my Jewish grandfather deciding to bin my whole german militaria collection because it contained Nazi items !!! I was aged 12 at the time and all my stuff was given to me !! Ohhhhh the gems that I lost.....one very lucky bin man did well that day .... |
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Very nice. Just give your mobile number to a bloke at the tip.
I haven't, but a guy at my local tip always used to put ceramic plant pots to one side for me. A set of 6 hardwood garden chairs ($1000 in America) cost me £10, all my garden furniture's cost me a few quid, but apart from a Mk VI lid I've never had any militaria. I sit in my cheap second hand garden chair and drink beer and brood about that. |
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I nearly choked on my tea - amazing finds!
The 27L embroidered badges are of course especially nice. Best, Marcus |
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What a find!!! Well done!
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I hope they were not stolen and dumped by the thief? Someone may be missing them!
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This is actually a valid point.
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kind regards, Michael |
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Hi Guys
Thanks for the interest They were from a house clearance that the family where doing which is why I will hold on to them for a bit in hope ! ATB Steve
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Quote from my daughter I am not worried about the future as it distracts me from the present !! MINE The answers are out there its a mater of doing the detective work to get them ! |
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Contained in an old tin dumped as scrap in the metal skip perhaps?
I have a batch of about 40 WWII era German navy badges contained in a small white cloth bag that a friend bought for 20p at a jumble sale, presumably the seller didn't know what the bag contained. These things happen (just not to me often enough). From personal experience I know darned well that when relatives clear a house all kinds of treasures just get dumped in a skip. |
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And the moral of the story is ... take steps to ensure the same thing does not happen to your own collections
I know I am taking precautions Mike |
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All I have to do is keep wife away from a box of matches.
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Quote from my daughter I am not worried about the future as it distracts me from the present !! MINE The answers are out there its a mater of doing the detective work to get them ! |
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It never ceases to amaze me that in this age of the internet, with the world at one's fingertips, that the person who threw these items away didn't take a few seconds to see if they were worth anything? A mate of mine had a similar experience recently when he found a bunch of medals and citations thrown into a skip! I guess though humans are fickle, and one man's rubbish is another man's gold. A great find, I bet you were well excited when you discovered them!
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Fantastic find. Will any 0f these pieces be loaded to your website?
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Major General George Alan Vasey CB, CBE, DSO and Bar New Guinea 1942 |
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