HMS Victory model made by French Prisoners of war and later given to PM Thatcher sails away to a £92,000 auction price

A model of Nelson’s flagship Victory made by French prisoners-of-war a few years before the Battle of Trafalgar which was later given to Margaret Thatcher has sold for a £92,000 hammer price.

Consigned to Sloane Street Auctions of London on May 21, it was consigned from the estate of the for…

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