| VERY RARE GROUP OF MEDALS, PICTURES AND DIARY TO A PRIVATE OF THE 17th LANCERS WHO SERVED THROUGHOUT THE ZULU WAR OF 1879, MOST PROBABLY WITH ‘A’ TROOP AT THE BATTLE OF ULUNDI | |
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littlehand

Posts : 7077 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 53 Location : Down South.
 | Subject: VERY RARE GROUP OF MEDALS, PICTURES AND DIARY TO A PRIVATE OF THE 17th LANCERS WHO SERVED THROUGHOUT THE ZULU WAR OF 1879, MOST PROBABLY WITH ‘A’ TROOP AT THE BATTLE OF ULUNDI Sat Mar 09, 2013 9:52 pm | |
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tasker224

Posts : 2101 Join date : 2010-07-30 Age : 55 Location : North London
 | Subject: Re: VERY RARE GROUP OF MEDALS, PICTURES AND DIARY TO A PRIVATE OF THE 17th LANCERS WHO SERVED THROUGHOUT THE ZULU WAR OF 1879, MOST PROBABLY WITH ‘A’ TROOP AT THE BATTLE OF ULUNDI Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:57 pm | |
| Lovely group sold a year or two ago. There's a thread on it in this forum already somewhere. |
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90th

Posts : 10482 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 66 Location : Melbourne, Australia
 | Subject: Pvt 17th Lcrs Medal Group with photos , books etc Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:45 am | |
| I know a group like this was posted on here , I assume its the same chap ? . Didnt Justin from Jager medals have it for sale a while back ??. If not this chap it was another which had the same sort of photos and books to accompany it . Cheers 90th. |
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tasker224

Posts : 2101 Join date : 2010-07-30 Age : 55 Location : North London
 | Subject: Re: VERY RARE GROUP OF MEDALS, PICTURES AND DIARY TO A PRIVATE OF THE 17th LANCERS WHO SERVED THROUGHOUT THE ZULU WAR OF 1879, MOST PROBABLY WITH ‘A’ TROOP AT THE BATTLE OF ULUNDI Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:58 am | |
| You are exactly right 90th. Same group; sold a year or two back by Jagermedals. |
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90th

Posts : 10482 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 66 Location : Melbourne, Australia
 | Subject: Rare group of medals , Pvt 17th Lcr's Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:02 pm | |
| Hi Tasker . I was fairly certain I'd seen it before . I actually did think about buying it , but as I already had a 17th Lcr Medal I decided against it . Cheers 90th. |
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tasker224

Posts : 2101 Join date : 2010-07-30 Age : 55 Location : North London
 | Subject: Re: VERY RARE GROUP OF MEDALS, PICTURES AND DIARY TO A PRIVATE OF THE 17th LANCERS WHO SERVED THROUGHOUT THE ZULU WAR OF 1879, MOST PROBABLY WITH ‘A’ TROOP AT THE BATTLE OF ULUNDI Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:06 pm | |
| By the time I'd stopped dithering and decided to buy it 90th, it had already been sold. Hardly surprising really - possiby a unique set of items. I have a mint SAG in its original named box of issue, as good as the day it was issued, but this group trumps that imo. |
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90th

Posts : 10482 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 66 Location : Melbourne, Australia
 | Subject: Rare Medal Pvt 17th Lcrs Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:59 pm | |
| Hi Tasker .  Agreed . Cheers 90th. |
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SergioD

Posts : 401 Join date : 2012-03-27 Age : 59 Location : London/Herts
 | Subject: Re: VERY RARE GROUP OF MEDALS, PICTURES AND DIARY TO A PRIVATE OF THE 17th LANCERS WHO SERVED THROUGHOUT THE ZULU WAR OF 1879, MOST PROBABLY WITH ‘A’ TROOP AT THE BATTLE OF ULUNDI Thu Mar 21, 2013 5:39 pm | |
| I also trie dto buy it and just missed out. As you know the 17th is my passion was very sad to miss this lot.
BTW back after having been laid up for a while with a particularly nasty injury ( what idiot invented Vets rugby!!). What have I missed on the medal front?
Will update the lancer list as I have been able to acquire details and a couple of new medals. Sergio D |
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tasker224

Posts : 2101 Join date : 2010-07-30 Age : 55 Location : North London
 | Subject: Re: VERY RARE GROUP OF MEDALS, PICTURES AND DIARY TO A PRIVATE OF THE 17th LANCERS WHO SERVED THROUGHOUT THE ZULU WAR OF 1879, MOST PROBABLY WITH ‘A’ TROOP AT THE BATTLE OF ULUNDI Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:02 pm | |
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SergioD

Posts : 401 Join date : 2012-03-27 Age : 59 Location : London/Herts
 | Subject: Re: VERY RARE GROUP OF MEDALS, PICTURES AND DIARY TO A PRIVATE OF THE 17th LANCERS WHO SERVED THROUGHOUT THE ZULU WAR OF 1879, MOST PROBABLY WITH ‘A’ TROOP AT THE BATTLE OF ULUNDI Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:07 am | |
| Haha Tasker - I know some form or Mid life crisis i expect. Mrs D was well pleased still who wants to decorate anyway The irony was it wasnt the welsh - formidable opponents that they can be - but it was a touring South African team . Its been a long time since I was on the wrong end of a spear tackle - I thought that was a Kiwi thing. Still i had plenty of time to read a number of Zulu war books I have stored up although the size of the Harford and a soldier artist in Zululand proved prohibitive for reading- but useful for my physio. Good to be back sergio D |
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Frank Allewell

Posts : 8231 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 75 Location : Cape Town South Africa
 | Subject: Re: VERY RARE GROUP OF MEDALS, PICTURES AND DIARY TO A PRIVATE OF THE 17th LANCERS WHO SERVED THROUGHOUT THE ZULU WAR OF 1879, MOST PROBABLY WITH ‘A’ TROOP AT THE BATTLE OF ULUNDI Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:57 am | |
| Sergio South Africans? Spear tackle? We call it a traditional method of introduction. :p;: Cheers Mate |
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SergioD

Posts : 401 Join date : 2012-03-27 Age : 59 Location : London/Herts
 | Subject: Re: VERY RARE GROUP OF MEDALS, PICTURES AND DIARY TO A PRIVATE OF THE 17th LANCERS WHO SERVED THROUGHOUT THE ZULU WAR OF 1879, MOST PROBABLY WITH ‘A’ TROOP AT THE BATTLE OF ULUNDI Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:04 am | |
| yes Springbok - I think in the SA rugby rule book it is just called a tackle!!
personally I call it a miracle that he was strong enough to lift me up off the ground in the first place.
Even more annoying was apparently I missed an incredible post match drinking session complete with the South African Meat Companys - selection of Wurst and Biltong!!!
I dont think the hospital food was a patch on a nice bit of dried Kudu!! |
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tasker224

Posts : 2101 Join date : 2010-07-30 Age : 55 Location : North London
 | Subject: Re: VERY RARE GROUP OF MEDALS, PICTURES AND DIARY TO A PRIVATE OF THE 17th LANCERS WHO SERVED THROUGHOUT THE ZULU WAR OF 1879, MOST PROBABLY WITH ‘A’ TROOP AT THE BATTLE OF ULUNDI Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:49 pm | |
| Thank goodness the Springboks no longer practise impalement! |
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Frank Allewell

Posts : 8231 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 75 Location : Cape Town South Africa
 | Subject: Re: VERY RARE GROUP OF MEDALS, PICTURES AND DIARY TO A PRIVATE OF THE 17th LANCERS WHO SERVED THROUGHOUT THE ZULU WAR OF 1879, MOST PROBABLY WITH ‘A’ TROOP AT THE BATTLE OF ULUNDI Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:38 am | |
| Since when????? |
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| VERY RARE GROUP OF MEDALS, PICTURES AND DIARY TO A PRIVATE OF THE 17th LANCERS WHO SERVED THROUGHOUT THE ZULU WAR OF 1879, MOST PROBABLY WITH ‘A’ TROOP AT THE BATTLE OF ULUNDI | |
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