insurance value of medal set with MC

[Herr General]

A veteran friend of mine has the following decorations:

Military Cross

1939/1945 Star

France and Germany Star

Defence Medal

War Medal 1939/1945

General Service Medal 1918/1962 ( Canal Zone )

General Service Medal 1962 ( Borneo )

Chevelier De L?Orde De Leopold II avec palme - Belgium

Croix De Guerre 1940 avec palme - France

Because he travels a lot he would like to insure them. What would a good value be? Does he need to look at the replacement price of at the collecting price?

Edited August 12, 2006 by Herr General

[Paul L Murphy]

A lot of the value will depend on the regiment in which he served and the citation for the MC. Even if he served in the RA or RE and got a very normal citation the group is worth in excess of GBP2,000. If he served in a popular infantry regiment and was awarded the MC for a famous battle then you could almost double that.

[Herr General]

He was with the Herefordschire regiment. He earned it during a river crossing,

[Paul L Murphy]

I would say GBP3,000 would be a good rough value for insurance purposes.

Regards,

Paul

[Herr General]

Thank you for that information.