Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2018 13:22:32 GMT
Hello Gents,
I see that the Canadian War Museum has pretty well run out of time in order to keep the Currie VC in Canada.
When it sold at auction in September 2017, the successful bidder was a British collector. The Canadian government stepped in and gave Canadians (and the War Museum) six months to match the Brit bidder. Since last September, the Museum acquired the Strachan VC in November, followed by a successful bid by them for the Barron VC on December 5th. With the subsequent action by the CWM since Currie's VC sale, I can't see how they could possibly come up with the funds to keep Currie's VC in Canada.
As an aside, David Currie later took up the hobby of medal mounting, and did a few framed VC copy groups. I wonder if he did any original groups as well?
Cheers,
Bill in Canada
I see that the Canadian War Museum has pretty well run out of time in order to keep the Currie VC in Canada.
When it sold at auction in September 2017, the successful bidder was a British collector. The Canadian government stepped in and gave Canadians (and the War Museum) six months to match the Brit bidder. Since last September, the Museum acquired the Strachan VC in November, followed by a successful bid by them for the Barron VC on December 5th. With the subsequent action by the CWM since Currie's VC sale, I can't see how they could possibly come up with the funds to keep Currie's VC in Canada.
As an aside, David Currie later took up the hobby of medal mounting, and did a few framed VC copy groups. I wonder if he did any original groups as well?
Cheers,
Bill in Canada
