€35k for Zulu battle medal

A MEDAL awarded to a hero of Rorke’s Drift, the battle immortalised in 1964 film Zulu, is set to sell for €35,000.

Pte Michael Minehan was one of 150 British soldiers who took on 4,000 warriors in 1879.

He shot at the Zulu attackers then fought handto-hand with his bayonet.

Next day he could not speak through exhaustion.

The South Africa 1877-79 Medal is on sale in Mayfair, West London, on Thursday.

Auctioneer Nimrod Dix said: “Minehan was the sort of man every officer wants.”