Victoria Cross soldier s medals sell for £420,000 Charles Grant was a lieutenant with the 12th Regiment (2nd Burma Battalion) Madras Infantry when he fought in the Anglo-Manipur War in 1891. 23 June, 2021 22:01
A collection of medals including a Victoria Cross won by an Army officer for his bravery in a controversial war during the era of the British Raj has sold for £420,000 at auction.
Charles Grant was a lieutenant with the 12th Regiment (2nd Burma Battalion) Madras Infantry when he fought in the Anglo-Manipur War in 1891.
The VC was sold together with other historically important items to an unnamed bidder who was described by London-based auctioneers Dix Noonan Webb as “a relatively new collector of British Gallantry Awards”.
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Victoria Cross soldier s medals sell for £420,000
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