WW2 trunk found

His service records could help double the price of it - ??

TD

 

What would it even be worth can't be much I wouldn't of thought

 

Ask an auctioneer for an estimate, but one that likes doing militaria

His service record would potentially tell you where the box has been

TD

 

Good idea thanks for the advise.

 

this is same camp mentioned earlier just 1 digit out when they got released I wonder if he was in the video.

 

Sell it with (yet to be added such as Service Records provenance) but recognise that 'when it's gone it's gone and can never come back' bearing in mind it has some of your own history tied up in it. Easy decision or difficult decision?....I haven't a clue as we are all different.

Find a use in your Man Cave (the above or below comments still apply in the future)

Locate living relatives and offer it to them - you never know, there might be an interesting back story.

 

Take it to a local antiques roadshow
After 15 minutes of discussion with the antiques expert followed by a few emotional tears they will tell you it is worth £10 to £20 and tell you well its about the value not the worth of it

As i said before use it as your “oh that will be useful at some time in the future” box

 

Hello,

Hello this is my Husband’s Grandfather & we would love to have this back into our possession. Could you contact me directly?
Sara

 

Sara
Wendy has the trunk but we don't know anything about any papers or records

 

If helpful Ang, all of the military records have just been released on Ancestry. It details all of Frank’s time & that whilst he was a POW. Really interesting reading & very moving. Glad to know the box is back in the family’s possession, Marc will be pleased. Thank you for the update.

 

For a second I suspected it had been found in my great-grandson's sock drawer. My bad.

 

Eh?

 

Many strange and wonderful things found in that morass.