The South Atlantic medal awarded to Acting Leading Cook K. P. Franks, who served in H.M. Submarine Onyx during the Falklands War

South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (ALCK K P Franks D114835S HMS Onyx) good very fine £600-800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The John Goddard Collection of Important Naval Medals and Nelson Letters.

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Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, June 1994.

H.M.S. Onyx was an Oberon-class submarine and the only conventional submarine to see service in the Falklands War of 1982, where she was used for special operations in and around the islands. She is now a museum piece at Birkenhead, near Liverpool.