Stolen Awards.

[Mahdi]

... I guess I'm getting a little confused now. What exactly are "missing awards"? Are we referring to awards stolen from collections, awards stolen from veterans, awards stolen from museums, or awards that are parts of groups that we own and are mentined in the order booklet but are somewhere "out there"?

Personally, I think it would be a nice idea to start with a "database" for the latter option. This, however, requires a lot of technical work and contribution from collectors all over. How about a poll? How many of us are

1) interested in such a database, and
2) willing to help Art by sharing serial numbers of awards (and other info) from our collections

Maybe you can e-mail Art or PM him about this?

After all, if we keep hoping for such a database but don't work hard at getting one started, it will never exist.

Cheers!