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RARE ALBERT MEDAL BLOWS PAST AUCTION PRICE ESTIMATE
We've has many articles in the past about Britain's Victoria Cross medal. It's much less common to read about the rarer Albert medal. Here's a story about a recent auction sale.
-Editor
A Lichfield railway worker’s gallantry medal has sold for more than £10,000 at auction.
His medal went under the hammer at the Wolverhampton Auction Room, with bidding eventually finishing at £10,030. The price was pushed up as only 290 Albert Medals were ever handed out – and many were traded in for a George Cross in 1971. Ben Gamble, head auctioneer at Cuttlestones, said: “We’ve always had high hopes for this lot. “Not only is it a very rare medal in its own right but the provenance – which is so important to collectors – is phenomenal and this is one occasion where our original estimate of between £4,000-£5,000 was well and truly shattered!” To read the complete article, see: Lichfield worker’s rare gallantry medal sells for £10,000 at auction (lichfieldlive.co.uk/2013/04/25/lichfield-workers-rare-gallantry-medal-sells-for-10000-at-auction/)
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