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[Mr.Glock]

I have a Collection of one mans WW2 complete belongings. I have held onto it for over 35 years. It was an Aunts Biological Father who she never knew and the Aunt passed some years back. It has no sentimental value to any Family member.

We recently did an extreme downsizing and want to see if it has an interest to any Military Collectors/Buffs.

Where would one market such? Photos below of the entire collection.








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[jmike314]

Museum donation?

Can you even sell a Purple Heart in the U.S.?

 

[Mr.Glock]

Museum donation?

Can you even sell a Purple Heart in the U.S.?

Perfectly legal.

 

[Glocktogo]

While I know you're looking to sell, donation to a military museum would be a solid option IMO. You could probably even get a valuation for tax write-off purposes?

 

[Catt57]

I think @surjimmy mentioned a military show coming up soon.

It's a shame there's no one to pass it on to.

 

[Mr.Glock]

I think @surjimmy mentioned a military show coming up soon.

It's a shame there's no one to pass it on to.

It’s cool as hell to read and look at the items!

 

[Catt57]

While I know you're looking to sell, donation to a military museum would be a solid option IMO. You could probably even get a valuation for tax write-off purposes?

Sadly, as living WW2 veterans are all but now gone, most museums now have more stuff like this than they know what to do with. A small town museum might do a display for a local hero, but for OKC, I'm sure they already have no shortage of personal memorabilia and it would just be shoved in a box in the "archives" if lucky, or they might just sell it themselves.

If it were mine, and I was selling it, I would make copies of a few of the nicer photos and print out a short history of the fallen hero and include them with any items sold or donated. This will help to preserve the provenance and the memory.

 

[Letfreedomring]

 

[Dmc707]

that letter to his wife and babies 3 days before he was KIA is a gut check

 

[Mr.Glock]

that letter to his wife and babies 3 days before he was KIA is a gut check

Yea, it’s quite a set of sad letters. The letter to the wife was kinda explicit about he took one to the brain and no suffering, but did lay on the battle ground several days before he was recovered. The book Great Britain published was very special and kindness expounds in it for the sacrifice the American men gave to help them.