sueburden Posted 28 May , 2008 Share Posted 28 May , 2008 News from local paper in Leamington WW1 medals and a photograph of Gerald Charles William Large, 2nd Lieutenant in Royal Warks 7th Battalion have been donated to an Oxfam shop in Leamington. He went to France in 1915 and was made adjutant two years later before being transferred to Royal Field Artillery in 1918. Wonder if they were donated by a relative - surely not. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshdoc Posted 28 May , 2008 Share Posted 28 May , 2008 Why not, it surely was not a medal collector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Clay Posted 28 May , 2008 Share Posted 28 May , 2008 Donated by family? Quite possibly. Possible scenario: the last owner has recently passed on and relatives of same, possibly not close, have done house clearance, maybe taken what items appeal to them and passed on what doesn't - but might be saleable - to charity. Happens every day. In this scenario, the relatives are probably totally unaware of who the medal recipient was and either hadn't the time, or weren't that interested, to find out more. Sad, but a fact of life and death. Hopefully, as the medals and photo were donated together, Oxfam will be able to sell them all together to someone who is interested and will keep them together. No from me, incidentally, for medal collectors. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 28 May , 2008 Share Posted 28 May , 2008 The chances are they will put them on the Oxfam ebay site. Always worth checking them out. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidfowler Posted 29 May , 2008 Share Posted 29 May , 2008 I was at the Royal Warwicks Museum in Leamington when someone telephoned to advise them of this. From what I could understand, Oxfam had already offered them and the Museum thought they were well overpriced. They have plenty of sets anyway which have been donated by relatives, not sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 29 May , 2008 Share Posted 29 May , 2008 local charity shop had 3 different groups of medals donated lastyear, allways worth looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 29 May , 2008 Share Posted 29 May , 2008 I was at the Royal Warwicks Museum in Leamington when someone telephoned to advise them of this. From what I could understand, Oxfam had already offered them and the Museum thought they were well overpriced. They have plenty of sets anyway which have been donated by relatives, not sold. Thats ironic one charity trying to sell to another charity. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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