Bravery: Sergeant Jim Prescott's Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, left, alongside his other military awards. The CGM is the only one of its kind to have been awarded during the Queen's reign
Medal Posthumously Awarded To Falklands Bomb Disposal Expert For Bravery Fetches World Record Of £118,000 At Auction -- Daily Mail
A medal awarded posthumously to a bomb disposal expert who was killed while trying to defuse a huge missile in the Falklands War has sold for the record-breaking sum of £118,000.
Staff Sergeant Jim Prescott, 37, died instantly when the 1,000lbs bomb went off on board HMS Antelope, which sank the following day.
A photograph of the frigate engulfed in an enormous fireball became one of the defining images of the 1982 conflict with Argentina.
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My Comment: I hope the family enjoys the money.
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