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| Violette Szabo's WW2 George Cross sold for £260k | Violette Szabo's WW2 George Cross sold for £260k |
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| A collection of war medals, including the George Cross, awarded to an Anglo-French World War Two Resistance heroine has sold at auction for £260,000. | A collection of war medals, including the George Cross, awarded to an Anglo-French World War Two Resistance heroine has sold at auction for £260,000. |
| Violette Szabo's medals sold within a minute to Lord Ashcroft's collection and will be on public display at London's Imperial War Museum. | Violette Szabo's medals sold within a minute to Lord Ashcroft's collection and will be on public display at London's Imperial War Museum. |
| Szabo was just one of four women to be awarded the George Cross. | Szabo was just one of four women to be awarded the George Cross. |
| Her daughter Tania Szabo, from Builth Wells, Powys, chose to sell the medals. They were being held in Herefordshire. |