Family medals surname bull

[michaelpi1996]

Hi looking to trace family medals from ww1 two sets of pip squeak and Wilfreds named to 16595 private Thomas reuben bull Leicesters (also his death plaque) and 32508 private charles bull south staffs (also served 10320 Leicesters) any help appreciated have replicas but would love originals as they were both my great uncles, any collectors of the two regiments please check thanks in advance 

[mancpal]

Michael, 

the usual advice is to join the British Medal Forum and make a post in their ‘looking for……’ section. 
You can also set up an alert on eBay in case the sets come up on their site. No doubt others will give you more information, but you may be able to check if they have been sold through certain auction houses also. 
There is a long running thread on the forum where members have posted details of medals in their possession, you never know. 
If you are lucky enough to find either of the sets there is a possibility that the BWM will be missing. Made of solid silver, they were the first to reach the pawnbrokers counter and have been known to change hands in card games and at the corner shop in lieu of cash to settle the weekly grocery tick list. 
I wish you luck, although I’m not a collector I have had involvement with two medal re-unites and its a pleasant feeling knowing they are returned to the people who will appreciate them.

Simon
 

[michaelpi1996]

3 minutes ago, mancpal said:

Michael, 

the usual advice is to join the British Medal Forum and make a post in their ‘looking for……’ section. 
You can also set up an alert on eBay in case the sets come up on their site. No doubt others will give you more information, but you may be able to check if they have been sold through certain auction houses also. 
There is a long running thread on the forum where members have posted details of medals in their possession, you never know. 
If you are lucky enough to find either of the sets there is a possibility that the BWM will be missing. Made of solid silver, they were the first to reach the pawnbrokers counter and have been known to change hands in card games and at the corner shop in lieu of cash to settle the weekly grocery tick list. 
I wish you luck, although I’m not a collector I have had involvement with two medal re-unites and its a pleasant feeling knowing they are returned to the people who will appreciate them.

Simon
 

Hi Simon thanks for your reply and advice I'll check out the British medal forum and set ebay alert, I didn't know that could be done with ebay, it  is useful to know the info around the silver war medals too, thanks again Michael 

[mancpal]

In the village nearest me somebodys living room in a weavers cottage changed hands in a game of cards, from that day on it has been part of ‘next door’ and still has a different style of window to the donor house. It’s hardly surprising that a small piece of silver could change hands in the same way.

Simon

[chaz]

many silver war medals were sold to pawn shops and jewelers for their scrap silver value during hard times.

some of the shops did melt down the silver but recently there have been collections surfacing as the old dealers had squirreled them away for their pension.

Thesaleroom, has auctions and covers small auction rooms right up to the specialist Noonans . Ive also posted elsewhere, a sunday visit to a local militaria fair may turn up something.

[michaelpi1996]

38 minutes ago, mancpal said:

In the village nearest me somebodys living room in a weavers cottage changed hands in a game of cards, from that day on it has been part of ‘next door’ and still has a different style of window to the donor house. It’s hardly surprising that a small piece of silver could change hands in the same way.

Simon

Wow that's mad, yh that's true sadly silver has always been and always will be valuable I suppose especially to those fallen on hard times

[michaelpi1996]

13 minutes ago, chaz said:

many silver war medals were sold to pawn shops and jewelers for their scrap silver value during hard times.

some of the shops did melt down the silver but recently there have been collections surfacing as the old dealers had squirreled them away for their pension.

Thesaleroom, has auctions and covers small auction rooms right up to the specialist Noonans . Ive also posted elsewhere, a sunday visit to a local militaria fair may turn up something.

Hi thanks for your reply and advice, fingers crossed they will turn up one day, thank you I'll keep an eye out too

Michael 

[Matlock1418]

16 hours ago, michaelpi1996 said:

16595 private Thomas reuben bull Leicesters (also his death plaque)

From WFA/Fold3 = his widow's/Florence's pension index card - 16 Chapel St., Syston, Leicestershire - seems his likely home area.

16 hours ago, michaelpi1996 said:

32508 private charles bull south staffs (also served 10320 Leicesters)

From WFA/Fold3 = his disability pension ledger page - home address: 16 West St., Syston, Leicestershire

Of course, if they have survived, there is no guarantee that their medals will have stayed local to Syston.

M

[michaelpi1996]

5 hours ago, Matlock1418 said:

From WFA/Fold3 = his widow's/Florence's pension index card - 16 Chapel St., Syston, Leicestershire - seems his likely home area.

From WFA/Fold3 = his disability pension ledger page - home address: 16 West St., Syston, Leicestershire

Of course, if they have survived, there is no guarantee that their medals will have stayed local to Syston.

M

Hi thanks for your reply yh he was a syston lad, still have elderly family there most gone now sadly, contacted the local church has he was involved with them, no luck there, I know his widow remarried so not sure if she kept them or possibly gave them to his older brother Charles who died in 68, hope to find them one day