Silver
When my son left school and before going to University, he did a one year "gap" commission in the Army with the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment, already an amalgamation of 3 county regiments. Since then and further amalgamations time has moved on. The Glosters have gone their own way but the B & W parts have a joint association HQ(?) and museum in Salisbury. The same old problem seems to have occurred with too much silver and either insufficient space to store or display or the costs are excessive. Anyway, their solution was to offer it to the families of those who had donated (if appropriate and traceable) and then to offer it first of all to the Regimental Family under sealed bids. My son came under that last heading and is now the proud owner of several magnificent items. There is to be a second disposal tranche as well and anything not want by the "family" will go into public auction and all proceeds go into the Regimental Charity. We should do exactly the same with redundant Air Force memorabilia.