Gallantry top-seller: Crimean War naval VC
The best-selling gallantry medal of 2023 was offered at Noonans late in the year on December 6. The Naval Victoria Cross awarded to Seaman James Gorman at the Battle of Inkerman sold for a hammer price of £320,000 (plus 24% buyer’s premium) and now forms part of a private collection of Crimean War medals.
Inkerman was one of the bloodiest and most desperate engagements in British military history, when…