I never understood if the people who are willing to buy those (same goes for Olympic medals) are doing it out of some sort of “dignified charity” or are they so cynical that they are willing to own a badge of merit that someone else got.

I always wonder what they do with these afterwards how often are these returned to the original recipient or family? I’ve seen stories about people who found medals of honor at pawn shops and bought them to returned them.

I just simply can’t fathom owning something like this as a trophy.