The "High Price" of Valour
The Canadian War Museum paid $240,000 for a WWI VICTORIA CROSS
decoration at an auction in Toronto, Ontario today. They feared the rare
medal for Valour would be lost to a private collector.
The medal for bravery was awarded to Lt.Col Robert Shankland of Winnipeg's
Cameron Highlanders for actions he took leading attacks in Passchendeale,
Belgium during the First World War.
Shankland was one of 3 Canadians from the same street in Winnipeg ( now
named Valour Road!) to win the award. More recently, Shankland's story
was featured in the Canadian film "Passchendaele" which also won numerous
awards! The high cost for this historical artifact is far outweighed by the
great cost many paid in the "Great War" to end all wars!
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- Submitted By: slydog | 6 months ago: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 | 12:12 AM ET Fears that a Victoria Cross medal belonging to a Canadian war hero would be auctioned off to a private collector were allayed Monday evening when the Canadian War Museum bought it and eight other medals for $240,...
- News Source: Uinta County News | 6 months agoFor once, the jeers fell silent and the cheers bounced off the walls in the House of Commons. They came when Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore stood to announce that the Canadian War Museum was the successful top bidder in an auction that put on...
- News Source: Macleans | 6 months agoThe Canadian War Museum has bought the Robert Shankland medal set. The set, which includes both the Victoria Cross and Distinguished Conduct Medal, was bought Thursday. Heritage Minister James Moore says with its purchase, the Canadian War Museum now...
- News Source: The Globe & Mail | 6 months agoA Victoria Cross medal up for auction in Toronto last night was snatched up by the Canadian War Museum, allaying fears that the highly publicized sale would lead to the medal leaving the country. The medal was awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Robert...
- News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | 6 months agoFears that a Victoria Cross medal belonging to a Canadian war hero would be auctioned off to a private collector were allayed Monday evening when the Canadian War Museum bought it for $240,000. The highest and most prestigious medal for bravery was...
- News Source: Canada.com | 6 months agoThe controversial sale of a Victoria Cross awarded to Canadian First World War hero Robert Shankland was scheduled to take place Monday night in Toronto, triggering possible intervention by the federal government and a bid led by the Winnipeg-based...
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That is quite an interesting story. Particularly the bit about the three men from the same street. It's amazing that so much courage can be concentrated in just one place. It used to make me angry that people kill and die all for stupid causes and bad reasons, or because other people told them too: for money and power and all the artificial trappings of life. Now it just makes me sad to think of the millions who ran to their deaths for nothing.
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