Yes, very poignant..
As an aside, a note for those who might be considering investing in these lots on ebay. i have spent my time on considerable number of ‘medal collecting’ forums and the following gen may be of some interest.
For various reasons, lots like this on ebay attract skepticism and caution. the primary reason being that the WW2 UK issued medals unlike WW2 India medals were not named. And there are quite a number of unscrupulous dealers who went about collecting empty boxes and issue notes , then ‘assemble’ groups and sell them on ebay.
Normally the hardcore collectors dont touch lots unless they came with more documentation – like paybooks, logbooks, service documents, photographs etc – anything that give an established provenance from the family.
Indian Medal lots are the opposite. They are all named and can be confirmed as genuine – but they come with absolutely zero paperwork.
Pakistani WW2 medal lots are reportedly ‘assembled’ over one single named medal. And people who dont know much fall for the assembled lots.
all in all an interesting (and a thriving) field.
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