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Investment: medals

The price of valour and the value of money

Joanna Pitman

Wednesday, 14th November 2007

Our gallant armed forces who face the daily horrors of Iraq and Afghanistan are often said to be undervalued by the public. But at least in the narrow financial sense, that cannot be said of historic acts of bravery and devotion to duty and the medals that commemorate them. Have you ever looked to see whether you have any medals lurking in your attic, perhaps won by a grandparent or ancestor for action in the field? Maybe the details of the original recipient’s valour have been lost in the mists of time, but such information can still be retrieved from a local public records office or a regimental historian; and if you do have an interesting medal, it could become the starting point of a collection that might turn into a lifetime hobby and at the same time grow into a valuable investment.

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