When my wife Lez ("Larissa" here on the forum) was in the WRAC at Donnington depot, one of her jobs to to dust the metal used for the VC's. It was mounted on a stand of three crossed rifles.
Cheers, Ade.
Re: Lord Ashcroft's VC collection to go on display
When my wife Lez ("Larissa" here on the forum) was in the WRAC at Donnington depot, one of her jobs to to dust the metal used for the VC's. It was mounted on a stand of three crossed rifles.
Cheers, Ade.
Re: Lord Ashcroft's VC collection to go on display
That's very interesting Ade, must have been quite a humbling thing to do. Here's a link to a site with an image of the medal metal: Victoria Cross stock metal
Looking for LDO marked EK2s and items relating to U-406.....
Re: Lord Ashcroft's VC collection to go on display
Lez says that is indeed it. She says she just used to flick the duster at it, as she was scared to touch it!
Cheers, Ade.
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