I was speaking to my Dad last night and one of the first things I always ask is brought anymore bits for your collection...his flat is more like a museum. I can honestly say you could spend an afternoon there and you still wouldn't get to see half his collection, my kids love it...Guns, swords, daggers, badges, models, pictures, books, the list goes on. Well last night he phoned to ask if I could look at a badge for him to see if I could identify it, I done a search using all the information he gave me and it turns out its a Luftwaffe Ground Combat Badge and it looks to be original, at the same time he picked up a group of 5 medals with the war medal having the oak leak for mentioned in despatches, unfortunately no paperwork to say who they were issued to...and how much did he pay for both items? 55 pound...lucky so and so. If the Luftwaffe badge does turn out to be original the cheapest I saw on the net was 80 pound and the dearest was 285 pound, not bad for 10 pound. He has spoken to the local commanding cadet force officer to see if they would like to come round and have a browse...I am sure he could sell tickets .
Kieron, Great to hear that your father has a large collection of Militaria. I hope he is security minded as sometimes the wrong people get to hear of such collections. Just something to bear in mind. Regards Tom
