Anyone looking for a Rorke's Drift medal? |
Sawubona
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I stumbled across this offering of the medal of Rorke's Drift defender Lance-Sargent John Keys and thought one of you other members might be interested in acquiring it. I'd grab it myself, but just haven't got the discretionary dollars at the moment. Scroll down to the fourth offering, but you might want to have a seat first if you're not already sitting. https://www.stanleygibbons.com/stanleygibbons/view/content/sg_search?f=category&v=210876&m=add&fc=1&opration=AND
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Alan
Site Admin
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Is it Keys or Key?
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peterw
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The medal sold at DNW in September 2011 and hammered at �24,000 (�28,800 with commission). It was presumably bought by Stanley Gibbons who have had it on their site ever since.
Aside from the obvious uplift in price, the reason I suspect Key's medal remains unsold is that very little (nothing?) is known of his actions during the defence. For that kind of money collectors are likely to want a more interesting medal. Peter |
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