A burgeoning international market for second world war memorabilia is putting strain on the numerous small museums that commemorate the 1944 D-Day landings, which are increasingly under the eye of unscrupulous collectors, French police say.
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Second world war memorabilia under threat as thieves steal from museums to order
Demand for the sought-after military pieces has sparked a huge rise in thefts of private collections From Hugh Schofield in Paris
