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TWO Victoria Crosses won by heroic Scots for acts of valour almost a century apart yesterday fetched a total of more than GBP 500,000 when they went under the hammer at auction.
Remarkably, the medals, bought by different anonymous collectors, fetched exactly the same price - GBP 252,000 - at the specialist auction.See the full content of this document
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Pair of Scottish Vcs Awarded 100 Years Apart Go for Gbp M
The medals, Britain's highest award for gallantry, had been awarded to Glasgow-born Major John Simpson Knox for his heroism in the C...
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