“The sale harms the dignity and honor of all recipients of the Medal of Honor,” Cruz wrote in a letter addressed to US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo. Awarded in 1898 to a US soldier for acts of valor during the Spanish-American War, the object was estimated to go for $5,000.īut interest in the item spiked after Texas Senator Ted Cruz called for the auction to be stopped. Hermann Historica, a Munich-based auction house that specializes in vintage military paraphernalia, included the medal as one of around 900 lots in its May 28 collectibles sale. ![]() ![]() Last week, a 122-year-old US Medal of Honor sold at auction in Germany for over $15,000-despite the best efforts of Texas Senator Ted Cruz and other American politicians.
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