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Old 5th Nov 2016, 11:38
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I'm with Always a Sapper on this one. As a former medal dealer I am delighted to see that Winkle Brown's medals are up for sale. There has in the past been far too much moral pressure put on families to donate very valuable medals to museums, depriving them of money which may otherwise have helped give them security in old age. If the Fleet Air Arm Museum wants them, let them bid - I have no doubt that they would be able to find the money. Medal collectors at this level are usually very serious military historians, so I have no doubt whoever buys them they will be going to a good home.
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