Late mum's stamps loose in a box - what to do with them?

Grumpelstiltskin

World War 1 medals should have the soldier's name on them.

Look at the Imperial War Museum descriptions here.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/first-world-war-service-medals

Herbyme

Marcon said:

carolinerunner said:

gt568 said:

What are the medals?

As well as I can describe them:
a wreath shape with crossed swords and a crown on top, says Aug to Nov 1914, name of a soldier on reverse
Crossed swords in a circle 'Old Contemptibles' Aug 5 to Nov 22 1914
A wheel with banners - above says Ubique, below says Qua pas et gloria ducunt, crown on top

All the rest look mass produced so won't have any value I think

On inspection all the stamps are postmarked so no good there either I think

This? https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30110553

Worth seeing if any of the military museums would like them.

Yes that's the one, thank you, I'll try that. Shame for them to be thrown away. I wish I knew the significance of them

elsien

Mum may have kept the medals for sentimental reasons - a relative, for example, rather than because of any monetary worth. 
If you know the regiment you can get onto them/their museum to see if there is anything they can tell you. Although some will have been amalgamated since then, they may still have the records. In my relatives case, they didn't want the medals. Too many similar ones already. 
Royal artillery?
https://www.google.com/search?q=qua+pas+et+gloria+ducunt+ubique&sxsrf=ALeKk003-jgZ-bZhrcZNT2tYa_0PQ2c2jQ:1595284455645&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_gq3a8dzqAhVQCewKHV4mClsQ_AUoAXoECA0QAw&biw=1366&bih=625

AnotherJoe

If you have children I  suggest you keep the box as is and pass it on in your will, if stamp collecting comes back into fashion, then the value may rise considerably, and odds are they are worth almost nothing now and not worth selling. And maybe the medals might be of interest to a relative in the future. 

Or, sell them on eBay and when the virus madness is over go out and have a meal on your mum. And let us know if that is a McDonald's Happy Meal or 7 courses at the Ritz. 

TonyMMM

Sounds like you have a 1914 Star, an old contemptibles badge and a Royal Artillery cap badge.
No great monetary value, but the 1914 Star will have the name, regiment and service number of the man it was awarded to on the back, so you can do some research and see how he was connected to your family.

Someone who got the 1914 Star should also have got two further medals - the War Medal and the Victory Medal ( the three are know together as a trio, or "Pip, Squeak and Wilfred" - after a comic strip of the time).
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/medals/ww1-campaign-medals.htm

Malthusian

AnotherJoe said:

Or, sell them on eBay and when the virus madness is over go out and have a meal on your mum. And let us know if that is a McDonald's Happy Meal or 7 courses at the Ritz. 

The hell with that, go to a local independent restaurant and have a meal on her now. They need the business and the evidence suggests that cowering indoors isn't in the OP's genes.

Spelunthus

The medals may be family heirlooms - only of sentimental value, but research them, keep them  and pass them on in the family.

The stamps probably have little value.  We recently gave a whole suitcase of stamps (!) to a local Philatelic Society. If there's any value in there, they are welcome to it. 

AnotherJoe

Spelunthus said:

The medals may be family heirlooms - only of sentimental value, but research them, keep them  and pass them on in the family.

The stamps probably have little value.  We recently gave a whole suitcase of stamps (!) to a local Philatelic Society. If there's any value in there, they are welcome to it. 

You never know.  Some years ago I put a box of About 50 cds after a death in family, by one artist up for sale for £25. I got an enquiry "Does it contain xyz?" I looked and that was selling for about £50. So I replied "not any more" and sold it individually. But harder to pick out stamps than cds with catalogue numbers.