SAS embassy hero's medals in auction off

Medals belonging to an SAS soldier who took part in the storming of the Iranian embassy will go on sale later this month.

Sergeant Tommy Palmer was awarded the Queen's Gallantry medal for his part in overcoming the terrorists on 5 May, 1980.

The medal will be sold alongside others awarded for service in Northern Ireland, Dhofar and the Falklands, in a lot expected to fetch up to 120,000. At one point during the embassy operation Sgt Palmer's machine gun jammed. When one of the terrorists shot at him, Sgt Palmer chased him, shooting him with his handgun.

The Bonhams sale in central London on 29 September will also feature medals, logbooks and a damaged flying helmet belonging to Group Captain Arthur Donaldson, a Second World War pilot who twice survived being shot down.