The James Fox Collection of Naval Awards

Pair: Petty Officer C. Brassington, Royal Navy

South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (ALS (R) C Brassington D149709W HMS Broadsword) official correction to ‘HMS’; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (PO (R) C Brassington D149709W RN) extremely fine (2) £500-£700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The James Fox Collection of Naval Awards.

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H.M.S. Broadsword took part in the 1982 Falklands War where, on 25 May 1982, she was providing air defence support to H.M.S. Coventry, when a technical fault in her Sea Wolf missile system allowed two Argentine Skyhawks to sink Coventry. Broadsword was hit by one bomb, which bounced up through the helicopter deck and destroyed a Lynx helicopter, before exiting and exploding harmlessly. She subsequently rescued 170 of the sunken Coventry's crew. She also shot down one IAI Dagger during the war.