Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

South Atlantic 1982, with rosette, this loose (AAB (SSM) A Fitzpatrick D165923J HMS Valiant) in named card box of issue, extremely fine £800-£1,200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of South Atlantic Medals.

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H.M.S. Valiant, the second of Britain’s nuclear-powered submarines, was launched in December 1963, and served throughout the Falklands War, spending 101 days on patrol off the Argentinean coast, and transmitting more that 300 early air-warning alerts. She suffered minor damage while submerged when an Argentine aircraft returning from a mission unwittingly jettisoned its bombs near the submarine.