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I've been reading this thread with interest.
I have "collected" medals for many years; as a kid in the 70s British junk markets were full of them (especially WW1/WW2) and no-one wanted them. Having my own fathers WW2 medals for Italy, I knew exactly what these things could stand for, and I couldn't bare to see them being effectively thrown away like this - so I spent my meagure pocket money on "rescuing" the things. That's the way I looked at it.
Some tell some tragic stories; I have two groups of WW1 medals hanging on my wall here to a father and son both killed in 1918...
So as Bish says, they are far more than just bits of metal...
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