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Medals valued for the amazing stories they tell; RARITY, HISTORY AND LEGENDARY WAR MOVIES ARE ALL KEY.

Publication: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
Publication Date: 22-MAR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Medals valued for the amazing stories they tell; RARITY, HISTORY AND LEGENDARY WAR MOVIES ARE ALL KEY.(News)

Article Excerpt
Byline: TOBY WALNE

AS THE last of the First World War veterans pass away, interest is growing in the medals awarded for their great bravery. And of course, each medal has an astonishing story behind it.

The record price for a medal is [pounds sterling]491,567 in 2006 for a posthumous Victoria Cross to New Zealand-born Captain Alfred John Shout. He led a bayonet charge against Turkish machine gun fire at Gallipoli in 1915 with the Australian Imperial Force.

Oliver Pepys, a medal specialist for auctioneer Spink in Bloomsbury, central...

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