Victoria Cross awarded for heroic defensive feat 'ranking alongside Rorke's Drift' comes for sale

A unique Victoria Cross group of medals for “a feat that probably ranks alongside Rorke’s Drift in the history of famous defences against overwhelming odds” is estimated at £300,000-400,000 at London auction house Dix Noonan Webb on June 23.

They were awarded to 30-year-old Scotsman Lieutenant, later Colonel, Charles Grant of the 12th Regim…

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