Nice little UK group

[Dave Danner]

Here's a nice little group. It comes with a few other gongs for £ 14,000.00, so a little out of my price range. I'd venture that the medal in the middle isn't often seen on medal bars.

[Tony Farrell]

I'm absolutely sure I saw that group in the last DNW catalogue. A Central Africa is something, a group containing one of those and a Niger Company is rocking horse shyte. In fact, there was a couple of Niger groups in that catalogue, so I'm thinking a collection disposal. When one considers the silver Nigers were issued in numbers of less than a hundred, this is a hell of an (dare I say it) investment. Who's selling it?

[Dave Danner]

I'm absolutely sure I saw that group in the last DNW catalogue. A Central Africa is something, a group containing one of those and a Niger Company is rocking horse shyte. In fact, there was a couple of Niger groups in that catalogue, so I'm thinking a collection disposal. When one considers the silver Nigers were issued in numbers of less than a hundred, this is a hell of an (dare I say it) investment. Who's selling it?

It's in the latest Liverpool Medal Company update. It is part of the group to Brig.-Gen. G.G. Cunningham, CB, CBE, DSO: http://www.liverpoolmedals.com/FMPro...=211474&-find=

[Dave Danner]

That update has several DCLI groups, including this, so maybe a collection disposal of a DCLI collection.

[jimuk]

Bloody Hell!!! What a hell of a group !!! Is there any part of Africa that this bloke DID NOT serve in. If only I had the the money in the first place.....

[Tony Farrell]

Good point. Basically, everywhere from the North, South, East & West. Lucky he didn't drop dead from something nasty.

[Dave Danner]

I feel like I'm shilling for LMC.

Here is another nice DCLI group. A fairly simple 5-medal bar, but spanning 40 years (1892-93 to 1935) and to a battalion and brigade commander, Martin Newman Turner, CB, CMG, CBE. No Boer service. I have a DCLI group with QSA and WW1 trio, but it's to a member of 2nd Battalion. Maj. Gen. Turner was 1st Battalion. Did they miss out on the Boer War?

[Rick Research]

Turner was Adjutant of the Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles 1897-1902, hence no Boer War service, and had previously served in Burma 1892-93 and 1895-96 ("medal with clasp" per the Brigadier's 1935 "Who's Who?" entry). He also got a Montenegrin Order of Danilo 2nd Class (1917) and a White Russian Order of St. Vladimir 2rd Class (1919)-- also picking up his CBE 1920 for North Russia as well as a 5th "WW1" M.I.D. there.