Mess Property
When our Mess closed in Germany; anything owned by the MOD was returned (to Quedgeley); we then went to a lot of trouble to track down whoever donated any item and offered to return it to them or their family; those items that people didn't want returned were sold off in a Mess Auction and the money given to Forces charities. What was left was offered to our Corps Central Mess; the remainder (not much really) of non-public furniture etc ended up in the auction, then the Mess Staff helped themselves (with our blessing).