Another Falklands Hero's Medals Sold

[Bilco]

The medals of Colour Sergeant Stephen Bardsley have been sold for £118,000 - http://www.bosleys.co.uk/

He has an unusual Bronze Star to add to his Military Medal and BEM.

Bill

[Mervyn Mitton]

Thankyou for posting this Bill. As we said before, they can't be faulted for making their old age comfortable - they earn't them. Mervyn

[peter monahan]

Hear, hear! Sq. Leader Cheshire, the only Battle of Britain VC sold it years ago to provide money for a charitable organization - homes for mentally challenged adults, I believe. Well done, that man.

During my very brief tenure as a militaria store employee I also had a WWI flier come in to sell his medals: Pip, Squeak and Wilfrid, plus a Belgian award for spotting for Allied guns which took out a German ammo dump. I asked him why he was selling and his response was instructive: 'I've kept my log book to remember by. I wear the medals one day a year and they sit in a box the rest of the time. With the money, I can afford to visit my sister in Vancouver." 'Nuff said.

[servicepub]

I have always believed that it is better for the vet to sell his/her own medals and profit from them, than to leave them to uninterested family who will pocket the cash.

[JapanX]

I have always believed that it is better for the vet to sell his/her own medals and profit from them, than to leave them to uninterested family who will pocket the cash.

Sad, but very true!

Nick