Heartwarming moment Antiques Roadshow guest wipes away tears after hearing that his heroic father's WW2 Victoria Cross medal is worth £250,000 - but insists he still wouldn't part with it 'even if it was worth £10m'

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Heartwarming moment Antiques Roadshow guest wipes away tears after hearing that his heroic father's WW2 Victoria Cross medal is worth £250,000 - but insists he still wouldn't part with it 'even if it was worth £10m'

• Naik Gian Singh was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in Burma in WW2
• His guest was told his father's medal is worth £250,000 but vowed not to sell it 

By LOUIS GOSS

PUBLISHED: 09:31, 18 September 2023 | UPDATED: 09:43, 18 September 2023

 

This is the heartwarming moment an Antiques Roadshow guest wiped away tears after being told a WW2 medal given to him by his father is worth £250,000. 

The guest told antiques experts in Glasgow that the Victoria Cross medal was given to his father, Sikh soldier Gian Singh, in 1945 for his contributions to Britain's war efforts. 

Naik Gian Singh, from Punjab, India, was awarded the British Army's most award by King George VI for leading two long charges against Japanese forces in Burma during the Second World War. 

Antiques expert Mark Smith told of the 24-year-old soldier's brave efforts to recapture a strategic position from Japanese forces, while wounded - as he said the Victoria Cross medal given to him in recognition is now worth £250,000. 

Wiping away tears, the shocked guest, however, said he would never sell his father's medal despite it's high value - 'even if it was worth £10milllion'.