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Medals of World War 2 hero who was prisoner of war to fetch thousands at auction
Merton’s professionally mounted medals in the auction are the British War and Victory Medals named to Captain H.H. Merton; ...
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World War One: Somme soldier's medals issued more than 100 years later
Otherwise known as the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal, each was issued to thousands of soldiers after World War One. Some remain proudly displayed on descendants' walls ...
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Brave heroics of WWI soldier who captured 12 prisoners in raid on TWO enemy machine gun positions in the trenches - as his 'extraordinary' medal collection goes to auction for ...
Herbert Alfred Disney was awarded a Military Cross & Bar, Distinguished Conduct Medal and Victory Medal ... holding up the British advance. The gongs - alongside his British War Medal - would ...
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Victoria Cross awarded to British hero who single-handedly machine-gunned more than 20 Germans to death and shot down a fighter plane in World War One sells for £220,000
His medal group, which also included the 1914-15 Star and the British War and Victory medals, was sold by a private collector at London-based auctioneers Noonans. The Daily Mail reported on him ...
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Priceless war medals awarded to British battlefield heroes could be lost to AUSTRALIA
War medals awarded to British battlefield heroes could be permanently ... which marks the end of the Second World War in Europe. Victory over Japan Day on August 15 is the day on which Imperial ...
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British World War Two dog's medal fetches record-breaking £140,000 at auction
A medal received by a dog who served in the Second World War has broken a world record ... were bought by a new collector of British gallantry medals. The proceeds are being donated to charity.