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ABOUT THE COLLECTOR’S GUILD

"The Collector’s Guild" is a collectors based organization serving legitimate military collectors, historians, and museums. Our function is to provide original investment grade items to our membership and to help our members with any questions they may have. We are not associated with any political groups or organizations and in no way support racism or discrimination in any form.

The First Dedication of this Web page goes to my family members who served in both the First & Second World Wars.

    In reality, the Guild would never have become what it is today with-out our members. Its to you that we owe the biggest thanks. I have never made any pretense to be the absolute authority or expert in any given field, although I have collected in many fields over the years (German WW2, Imperial German & WW2 Japanese).  Anytime I run across an item that I have not seen before or am unsure of, I will always contact one of our members who has more experience is any given field than myself. The shear numbers of collector’s I have met, and that have a true dedication to there field,  is simply amazing... my hat is off to you!

    Anytime even the slightest mistake is spotted in either, one of our items, be it a makers mark to a replaced pin. Its usually not to long before I receive and e-mail or a phone call saying "Pete, I think you had better take another look at this one etc etc". I am always open to making corrections.. All I care about is that we get it right. 

    If you specialize in any thing from Visor Caps to buttons & you see something that I have miss-identified, miss-labeled or if I’m just flat out wrong, please contact me via e-mail so I can make the corrections. Never be afraid to contact me, I’m always accessible. Many thousands of collector’s use this website as a reference guide as well as a place to buy & sell, so it is absolutely critical to get the correct information out there for them.

    My obsession with all things military started in the late 1960's, although I didn’t start collecting in earnest until about 1974. Like most young collector’s at the time, my initial collection was kick started by souvenirs that my Grandfathers & Uncles had returned with in 1945, and then were subsequently handed down to me. From that point on there was no looking back. Over the last three decades I was very fortunate to get to meet & talk with literally hundreds of Canadian, American & German veterans. Sadly, these days are rapidly coming to a close as there are fewer & fewer vets around each year. They will be missed.. Lest we forget.

    In the 1980's, my good friend, Terry Gamble & myself decided to start the Collector’s Guild. Our only goal was (and still is today) to have a safe place for collector’s to obtain original only artifacts. Anybody who knows me well, knows how obsessive compulsive I am about this. There is absolutely no point in owning an item unless it is real.

    For a period of about 15 years we published a fully illustrated auction catalog. In 2001 we decided to drop both the auction catalog & switch over completely to the internet. It has certainly served to be a much faster & better way to service all of our clients. Although I will never look back, I sometimes miss the old snail mail days.

    For those of us who are passionate about the hobby, you well know the rush from picking up an item and knowing it was actually there, a piece of history. If your looking for 100% original items with a lifetime guarantee, you have come to the right place.