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August 15, 2021 at 10:34 am #67507

jack mooers
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I have been asked by my wife to dispose of some of my medal collection. My problem rests with Korean items from the hostile Northern part of the country. Ebay refuses to let me put them out with other medals, is there another legal way to sell them? Any help would be appreciated.

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August 15, 2021 at 11:13 am #67512

megan
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You could approach an auction house or medal dealer.

August 15, 2021 at 6:17 pm #67513

jack mooers
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Thank you Megan,

If I guess correctly then it is not illegal for me to sell these it is just Ebays policy that prohibits sale on their site.

Thanks again

Jack

August 16, 2021 at 6:02 pm #67514

gjmcleod
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Have you tried listing them under “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” ?

(Wink)

August 17, 2021 at 5:58 pm #67518

KevinBeyer
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There is a brand new militaria-focused auction website called The Historical Auction Block. It’s just getting off the ground, but there are no limitations regarding selling DPRK items, 3rd Reich items, Purple Hearts, etc.

https://habonline.com/

Their selling fees are also much lower than eBays. They don’t have as large of an audience as eBay, but they don’t have eBay’s selling restrictions. Check it out!

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The only information appearing to be available for this unclaimed clasp can be found in the London Gazette issue of 1849, where the approved NGS clasps were published:

Boats of ‘Fawn’ under Lieut. Morgan. Action with cutter and schooner ‘Guadaloupe’, and capture.

A search of the Navy List from 1793-1815 reveals a total of 18 commissioned officers with the surname of Morgan. Of these, 9 have a Lieutenant’s commission date after 25 July 1809 or died before that date and can be ruled out. Of the remaining, three died between 1817-22 before receiving a promotion and must also be ruled out. Out of the remaining six, four have entries in either Marshall’s or O’Byrne’s Naval Biographies, two with service records, but these two do not mention anything about the action, which would be highly unlikely if it resulted in the man’s promotion. This leaves four potential candidates, one being promoted as late as 1827, he is probably not the man. The remaining three were promoted to Commander between 1814-16, and could all have been the man in charge. Unfortunately, all died between 1817-43, and it’s not likely much biographical information on either of them can be found.


Name	Lieut	Cmd	Died
MORGAN, John Fortescue	15 Sep 1806	12 Oct 1814	9 Dec 1843
MORGAN, Thomas	10 May 1809	16 Nov 1814	Apr 1843
MORGAN, Charles	15 Jun 1781	1 Jan 1816	1817
MORGAN, James (1)	2 Sep 1783	25 Apr 1827	1835

One would have to search the muster books for HMS Fawn to identify who the Lieutenant was.