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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. | Her daughter Tania Szabo, from Builth Wells, Powys, chose to sell the medals. They were being held in Herefordshire. |
| The medals were on display at the Violette Szabo museum in Herefordshire where Szabo used to go on holiday. The museum's founder, Rosemary Rigby, had called for the medals to remain in the country. | |
| Speaking after the auction, Ms Szabo said parting with her mother's medals had been "a difficult decision" but an "important one for the nation". | |
| "I think it's an excellent result. They are in a place where hundreds of thousands of people will see them over the years," she added. | |
| "She will continue to inspire people." |