I feel lucky and honoured to have had numerous family members in the armed forces from back to the start of ww1 up to very recently .
What I feel very strongly about is the selling of medals for cold hard cash.
For me it's just out of order, a serving member of the armed forces has put their life on the line to be awarded, then in later life, those same awards, some for bravery etc are just sold for cold hard cash, its wrong frankly, it puts a monitory value on a life which is wrong.
I fully appreciate other family members may be in less than ideal situations etc and need funds, but surely there should be a better way to help out than for medals etc to be sold to collectors just because they want to collect them, every medal awarded has a story behind it, it shouldn't be just something to be swapping hands for cash.
Sorry rant over chaps but I do have very strong feelings on this subject matter.
the article I saw today that got my on me on the soapbox again.
What I feel very strongly about is the selling of medals for cold hard cash.
For me it's just out of order, a serving member of the armed forces has put their life on the line to be awarded, then in later life, those same awards, some for bravery etc are just sold for cold hard cash, its wrong frankly, it puts a monitory value on a life which is wrong.
I fully appreciate other family members may be in less than ideal situations etc and need funds, but surely there should be a better way to help out than for medals etc to be sold to collectors just because they want to collect them, every medal awarded has a story behind it, it shouldn't be just something to be swapping hands for cash.
Sorry rant over chaps but I do have very strong feelings on this subject matter.
the article I saw today that got my on me on the soapbox again.
