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Auction: 23113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 612

Victoria Cross, an official Hancocks & Co., London, replica, the reverse officially numbered ‘Hancocks 401’, in fitted leather case of issue, good very fine

Sold together with its original Certificate of Authenticity.

The Victoria Cross was instituted on 29 January 1856, with the first awards backdated to 1854, and in the first 150 years of its existence was awarded on 1,355 occasions (1,352 Crosses and 3 Second Award Bars).

To mark the 150th Anniversary, the London jewellers Hancocks, who have manufactured every Victoria Cross ever awarded, issued a limited edition replica, the replicas all individually numbered on the reverse, with the edition limited to 1,352 replica crosses.

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Sold for
£750

Starting price
£210