Gavels ‘n’ Paddles Recent Auction Results From Near & Far By Ken Hall A Samurai sword surrendered by Japanese Rear Admiral Nobukagu Yoshimi on the Marshall Islands in 1945, plus an archive of material pertaining to the surrender, sold for $7,538 at a live and Internet auction held Nov. 16-17 by Mohawk Arms, Inc., in Bouckville, N.Y. Also, a Knights Cross of the Iron Cross (a military award issued by Nazi Germany during World War II) fetched $6,750; and a lot of ten medals pertaining to U.S. Sgt. Daniel Steinbach, who was killed at Normandy in June 1944, made $2,875. Prices include a graduated buyer’s premium.
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