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lapfog_1

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2. I agree

Tue Apr 3, 2018, 11:52 PM

Apr 2018

recently someone I know "inherited" a storage unit. Inside in addition to the furniture and collectibles, he found a military "keepsake" case with a photo of the deceased as he probably looked at 20 in uniform and wearing a boatload of medals. Also, the medals were there, including a bunch of ribbons I didn't recognize and a bronze star with clusters. He started asking me what he could get on Ebay for this and I told him "you really can't do that... either find a museum in his hometown or some other group that might cherish and display his medals. But they should be sold. Oh, he had a purple heart too.

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Fans Should Not Get Championship Rings [View all] erpowers Apr 2018 OP

I guess I don't take sports serious enough to care about this issue. wasupaloopa Apr 2018 #1

I agree lapfog_1 Apr 2018 #2

My first question here is do those medals PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #3

I rather imagine that they are "worthless" from a pure base metal value lapfog_1 Apr 2018 #4

I known platoon sergeants typically get them JonLP24 Jul 2018 #9

It is really hard to care about the importance of championship rings. pennylane100 Apr 2018 #5

You are right. Soxfan58 Apr 2018 #6

Rings are just 'stuff'. We sure would't want anybody to mistake this guy... marble falls Apr 2018 #7

I'm cool with it as long as there is no fraudulent engraving and misinterpretation involved Brother Buzz Apr 2018 #8

Meh, they're just physical memorabilia. bluedigger Jul 2018 #10