Incalculable Assets - World War Memorabilia

For the record, war is dismal. It's destructive, ugly, chaotic and many times, pointless. It kills people and leaves many homeless, injured and orphans. For a sorry fact, human history has been put in rewind and punctuated by wars. It has been inalienable to human life and civilization.

Despite such tragic ends, wars and the after-effects raise a basal and bitter interest in them. Wars wake us to the reality of the world and help us understand complexities, challenges, and chains of events that lead us to our current lifestyles and languages, which are often set by geographical barriers and expand / limit the dominance of states and stateless actors.

Some are also collecting war memorabilia. It would be a way to remember, recognize, and respect those gracing the pages of our history books or may have slipped into oblivion. While not all collectors buy world war 2 items for sale, only a few go the extra length to collect such pieces having high historical value. They sell at whopping prices. However, to collectors and buyers, historical worth of war memorabilia always surpasses their monetary worth. 

Categories of Militaria

War memorabilia is popularly termed as militaria. These comprise everything used during 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 WWII memorabilia.

The first category includes the following:

• Antique Firearms

• Napoleon's Penchant for Gold

• Washington's Fight for Independence

The second category includes the following:

• Victoria Cross

• Service Medals

• Gallipoli and the ANZACs

• Nazi Militaria

• Japanese Blades.

Last Thoughts

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

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