The Green Howards Museum is to hold a Militaria Showcase event next month with special guest Angus Ashworth of TV show The Yorkshire Auction House.

The free Bring, Show, Tell event will take place at the museum, in Richmond, on Saturday, September 14.

Mr Ashworth and experts from the York Army Museum will be ready to give some insight into people's treasured old militaria objects and collectables.

As a family-friendly event, the museum is asking that no weapons be brought into the building.

Museum CEO Emma Woods said: "It’s always wonderful to welcome a Green Howards veteran to the museum and this event gave us the perfect opportunity to invite Angus, also a former Green Howard, back to the museum to cast his expert eye over the objects at the event.

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"We’re thrilled to be welcoming him and it promises to be a fun and interesting day."

Regular viewers of television’s The Yorkshire Auction House will be familiar with Mr Ashworth, the owner of Ryedale Auctioneers at Kirkbymoorside. As a former Green Howards Territorial Army infantry soldier, he served in Iraq and Afghanistan before setting up the auction house in 2010. 

As a military museum in the heart of Richmond’s Market Place, The Green Howards Museum accepts many donations and loans for its collections and exhibitions. Amongst such donations and loans are centrepieces from the current D-Day 80 Exhibition, including the Victoria Cross of CSM Stanley Hollis VC, the only soldier to be awarded the VC on D-Day, and the dog tags of 98-year-old Private Ken Cooke, one of the last surviving veterans of June 6, 1944. 

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Head of collections, Zoe Utley said: "Our connections to old objects we’ve either inherited or purchased are often complex. Sometimes, we know quite a bit about that Army cap handed down to us by a great aunt or that letter written by a grandfather serving overseas some 80 years ago, but more often than not, we know very little about an object that caught our eye in the charity shop or car boot sale.

"Even if we can’t find out too much about previous owners, this special Militaria Showcase: A Bring, Show, Tell event promises to be an enlightening insight into the object itself. We expect it to be busy day so please go to our website and book a slot online or call the museum." 

The event will run from 11am to 3pm. For more information see www.greenhowards.org.uk or call 01748 826561.