First Naval Victoria Cross of World War I Expected to Fetch £260,000 at Auction

The first naval Victoria Cross (VC) medal awarded during World War I is expected to fetch up to £260,000 at a London auction. To VC will go under the hammer at auctioneers Noonans Mayfair on July 23. The highest and most prestigious decoration of the British honours system, the naval VC medal is part of a collection of 250 medals. Noonans has estimated that the collection will fetch around £2 million. Captain Ritchie The naval VC medal was awarded to Captain Henry Peel Ritchie, of the Royal Navy, who was born in Edinburgh, for his gallant command of H.M.S. Goliath’s steam pinnace at Dar-es-Salaam in East Africa on Nov. 28, 1914....