Prized and Precious Collectibles: World War Memorabilia

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Prized and Precious Collectibles: World War Memorabilia

Despite resulting into tragic end, wars and their outcomes create an innate and uneasy curiosity about these conflicts. They awake us to the reality of the world and help us understand the complexities, challenges and chains of events leading to our current lifestyles and languages, often demarcating the geographical barriers and expanding/limiting the dominance of states and stateless actors.

Collecting war memorabilia is a passion for some people. To them, it is a way to remember, recognize and respect those who are now gracing the pages of our history books or may have gone into oblivion.

Not all collectors are interested in buying World War 2 items for sale. Only a few go the extra length to collect these pieces that have a high historical value. These pieces sell at whopping prices.

However, to the collectors and buyers, historical value of war memorabilia always exceeds their monetary value.

To tell the truth, the war is morbid. It’s devastating, ugly, chaotic and many times, unnecessary. It kills people and leaves many homeless, injured and orphans. Unfortunately, human history has been paused and punctuated by wars. It has been integral to human life and civilization.

Categories of Militaria

War memorabilia is commonly referred to as militaria. These include anything used in wars, from uniforms to helmets, weapons to medals, insignias to letters and many more.

These items can be fairly categorized into two groups – Pre World War I Memorabilia and Post World War II Memorabilia.

The first type includes the followings:

Ø  Antique Firearms

Ø  Napoleon’s Penchant for Gold

Ø  Washington’s Fight for Independence

The second type includes the followings:

Ø  Victoria Cross

Ø  Service Medals

Ø  Gallipoli and the ANZACs

Ø  Nazi Militaria

Ø  Japanese Blades.

In a nutshell

The majority of memorabilia is still owned and managed by descendants of families. To them, these are a legacy of some of the daredevils in the human history. Memorabilia like service medals have great emotional importance to family members as they are silent story tellers of the great events those brave hearts were a part of once upon a time. These are prized assets for the war survivors and their next generations.

WWII memorabilia is only just any other piece of item; it’s a huge investment and above all, a cool collectible. These collectibles witnessed the historical tales and tragedies in silence. Though they cannot chronicle the events, these collectibles are definite reminders of what happened to them who wore those or what they did to others.

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