Cash for honours [ebay]

[Lee Winger]

Police and Forces heroes sell their Diamond Jubilee medals on eBay | Mail Online

[skyhuck]

Whats the problem????????

[sussexlad]

personal choice i guess. its not a campaign or valour medal so it wont have the same sentimental value or the feeling of really earning it. If i were still in the forces i probably wouldnt sell it but i like shiny things:001_smile:

[Guss109]

At the end of the day it's a medal for serving some time in the public sector. I got a medal for six months in kosova but it doesn't mean much as I was just doing my job. I can't see it being any different to some one selling there grandads medals from ww1/ww2 or the the poor ex forces guys selling there's

[dirtybiker]

It's the Daily Mail, what else do you expect?

[WorcsWuss]

Not sure I see why British police officers who have served 5 years deserved a fecking medal anyway.... I feel I deserve one more for funding their salaries, pensions, overtime and flexi-time while they cruise around in their panda cars or hang out at Spar....

 

But that's just my skewed perspective as a married taxpaying home owning parent working full time in the private sector.... so what do I know...?

[Andy Collins]

War veterans have sold off there medals since time immemorial. Crimean veterans sold theirs, Boer vets theirs, and so on. It's almost taken as read that there was a value to them and it was like a payment for the dedication of their service. So Daily Mail, and your readers, there is nothing new under the sun.