SAS hero's Iranian embassy siege medal sold

[Rodders]

Sergeant Tommy Palmer.

Medals earned during the 1980 storming of the Iranian embassy in London and others awarded for the SAS hero's service in Northern Ireland, Dhofar in Oman and the Falklands, including buyer's premium were sold at auction for ?98,750

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.u...ege.6557033.jp

 

[popeye1975]

That's a tidy sum. He's earned the right to make money out of his deeds..good luck to the guy I say

 

[FloydTheBarber]

He died in a road accident in Ireland Popeye.

 

[popeye1975]

That I didn't know...just out of interest, who bought the collection?