War Hero Violette Szabo

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

George Cross posthumously awarded to a beautiful British spy tortured and executed by the Nazis sells at auction for a world-record £312,000

The bravery medal along with four others belonging to Violette Szabo, who worked for the Special Operations Executive in occupied France, sold within a minute of going on sale in London's Mayfair.