Hero Is Selling His Medals
by admin on Sep.01, 2009, under Combat, Veterans
An Iraq war hero is putting his bravery medal up for sale – so his family can have financial security.
Ex-Royal Marine Justin Thomas, 30, won the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross in 2003 for single-handedly fighting off more than 100 insurgents.
But the lance corporal turned civil servant says his wife Heather and child mean more to him and has put a £60,000 reserve on the medal at auction later this month.
Justin, of Llantwit Fadre, near Pontypridd, said: “I’ll be sad to part with it. But we’ve got a little one now and want more children. So we’ll need to move for more space.”
He added: “Rather than just sit in a drawer, the medal will make our lives better.”
Justin is also selling his Northern Ireland, Afghanistan and Iraq service awards.
All I can say is wow, 100 insurgents? I’m sure this brave man will have no trouble with fatherhood if he can pull that off.
But this is really sweet. I would think that it would be hard to part with those hard-earned medals, but this man is a real hero to his family. I hope those medals can bring financial security to him and his wife.
