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    MILITARY CROSS AWARDED TO CORK CHAPLAIN SELLS FOR 8,000

    Wednesday, July 1st, 2015
    The medal set including the Military Cross  awarded to Tom Duggan.

    The medal set including the Military Cross awarded to Tom Duggan sold for 8,000 at hammer.

    THE Military Cross, OBE and 1939-45 war medals awarded to Archdeacon Tom Duggan sold for a hammer price of 8,000 at Woodwards in Cork this evening. Two bidders in the room fought off internet bidders from England and commissioned bids to battle it out from 6,500 onwards.  The historic medal set – which includes the first Military Cross awarded to an army chaplain – will be staying in Cork.  Archdeacon Duggan, who died on the missions in Peru in 1961, served as a chaplain in both the First and Second World Wars and taught at St. Finbarr’s Seminary in Cork.

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for June 27, 2015).

    THE FIRST MILITARY CROSS AWARDED TO A CHAPLAIN AT CORK AUCTION

    Saturday, June 27th, 2015
    World War II medals awarded to Archdeacon Tom Duggan – the first chaplain to be awarded a Military Cross in the Second World War – come up at Woodwards in Cork on July 1 at 6 pm. A chaplain in Flanders during the First World War – where he was taken prisoner in 1918 – Tom Duggan joined up again at the outbreak of the Secord World War in 1939.  His Military Cross, OBE breast badge and war medals from 1939-45 are at Woodwards. He taught at St. Finbarr’s seminary in Cork between the wars and ended up as a missionary in Peru .  He died in 1961 at the age of 71 and his funeral was attended by Bishop Lucey of Cork and Cardinal Cushing of Boston.
    A book about Archdeacon Duggan by Dr. Carthach McCarthy was published by Blackwater Press in 1994.  The auction is on the internet and Woodwards reckon the set could make up to 5,000.

    UPDATE: The medal set sold for a hammer price of 8,000 euro.

    The medal set including the Military Cross  awarded to Tom Duggan.

    The medal set including the Military Cross awarded to Tom Duggan.

    The OBE awarded to the catholic chaplain.

    The OBE awarded to the catholic chaplain.