Boer war medal group .

[ROBB]

This is at a local auction .The South Africa is 17th Lancers ,the rest S&T corps .On the general rubbish table are his cased binoculars and large leather covered flask ,The bino case has Mesport . X11 Mule Corps W.L Davidson (same as the medals).They are German binos with a Crecent moon and star imprinted in the leather .What value would you put on the medals guys ? Rob

[ROBB]

The bars are cape colony ,s africa 1901 & 02 .No 5437 private 17th Lancers .Rob.

[yellow]

Hi Rob,

A dealer would want between 600 to 700 pounds for these medals. Which is a good figure considering he was a sub conductor in a transport unit not a front line fighting unit unlike the 17th Lancers. Even as a 17^th lancer with that combo of bars on the QSA I don’t think he would of seen much action in the Boer War.

The field glasses sound like they were captured from a Turkish Officer. They did use German binos. If the condition of these is good I could see a militaria dealer asking around 60 - 70............but that is only if the condition is good with clear work able optics. They sound like a pair of Fernglas to me. If you get them for just over 30 I think you will be doing well.

I wish you luck in your bidding. If it were me in the hot seat I wouldnt bid more than 375 on the medals with 20 percent commission. I ike medals to the frontline fighting units so to me they are less appealing.
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[ROBB]

Thanks Yellow,for that ,the estimate on the medals is £500-£600 which seemed a little steep ,I will leave a bid of £375 and see what happens ,and I thought £40 on the binos and waterbottle .They were dienstglass with lots of other writing and lens cap covers (which is nice).Cheers Rob.

[Tony Farrell]

Irregardless of the recipient, it's a nice MSM & LS&GC group. I'd say £400-500. You would'nt be able to assemble such a group from singletons for much less than £400. It's a shame the medals will be (undoubtedly) split from the recipient's other possessions.

[ROBB]

Well I left a couple of bids ,Hopefully I might snag the binos as I like the Turkish /German connection .Rob.