Violette Szabo's medal set sells for $406,500

A set of posthumous medals awarded to British secret agent Violette Szabo has sold for £260,000 ($406,315) at Dix Noonan Webb.

The sale took place this morning.

George cross szabo
The George Cross is one of very few ever awarded to a woman

Szabo joined the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) in 1944 following the death of her husband at the hands of the Nazis.

She served as a secret agent in occupied France, but was captured, tortured and executed in 1945.

The medal group consists of a George Cross, one of very few ever awarded to a woman, alongside various general service medals.

The buyer was famed Victoria Cross collector Lord Ashcroft.

David Erskine-Hill of Dix Noonan Webb explained to the MailOnline: "Her award stands at the pinnacle of such distinctions and her legacy yet higher.

"As a consequence, her story has reached an admiring international audience, for it is a story of a brave and beautiful woman, in fact a very special human being, who in reality conquered her foes by an example of stoicism that remains an inspiration to this day."

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