Egyptian screw-gun detachment, Sudan, 1884 (1 Viewer)

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Egyptian column with 7pdr rifled, muzzle-loading screw-gun



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Egyptian Officers study the horizon

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Screw-gun section 1

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Screw-gun section 2

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Supply camel 1

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[villagehorse]

Wish one of my makers would do this set, would be excellent. Love how the group is tied in by a common theme being the transport of guns. Thank you for displaying Martyn,^&cool, Robin.

 

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Wish one of my makers would do this set, would be excellent. Love how the group is tied in by a common theme being the transport of guns. Thank you for displaying Martyn,^&cool, Robin.

Many thanks Robin :salute::

Mike at Little Legion likes to listen to his customers and does his very best to develop their ideas {bravo}}

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Supply camel 2

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Supply camel 3 - First Aid

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[TomB]

Egyptian column with 7pdr rifled, muzzle-loading screw-gun



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Wow ! which is better,,,the illustration ( They cant indian ink and wash like that anymore..opps..forgot the pencil work as well )....bright and colorful figures as always....love the simple style of the early TS...and...color ofcourse....that little pic...top LH corner.....is that a Lookout/Post somewhere on the Khyber Pass....has had me curious for some time.......nice work......TomB

 

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Wow ! which is better,,,the illustration ( They cant indian ink and wash like that anymore..opps..forgot the pencil work as well )....bright and colorful figures as always....love the simple style of the early TS...and...color ofcourse....that little pic...top LH corner.....is that a Lookout/Post somewhere on the Khyber Pass....has had me curious for some time.......nice work......TomB

Many thanks Tom :salute::

Glad you asked the question about the small avatar picture :wink2: it is called The Shangani Memorial

Here is some info about it......

"Cecil Rhodes wrote into his will that he wished to have the patrol interred alongside him at World's View, in the Matopos Hills, when he died; this was done in 1904, two years after Rhodes' death. Also according to Rhodes' wishes, a memorial to the Shangani Patrol was erected at World's View in July 1904, and dedicated by Bishop Gaul of Mashonaland on 5 July 1905.The monument, called the Shangani Memorial, is an oblong, flat-topped structure, about 33 feet (10 m) tall, made from granite from a nearby kopje. It was designed by Herbert Baker, and based on the Pedestal of Agrippa at the Athens Acropolis. On each of the memorial's four sides, members of the patrol are depicted in relief. The main inscription reads, "To Brave Men", with a smaller dedication given beneath: "Erected to the enduring memory of Allan Wilson and his Men who fell in fight against the Matabele on the Shangani River December 4th, 1893. There was no survivor". The patrol's graves and the monument remain at World's View to this day."

Thanks go to Wikipedia for this info :salute::

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Martyn

 

[TomB]

Many thanks Tom :salute::

Glad you asked the question about the small avatar picture :wink2: it is called The Shangani Memorial

Here is some info about it......

"Cecil Rhodes wrote into his will that he wished to have the patrol interred alongside him at World's View, in the Matopos Hills, when he died; this was done in 1904, two years after Rhodes' death. Also according to Rhodes' wishes, a memorial to the Shangani Patrol was erected at World's View in July 1904, and dedicated by Bishop Gaul of Mashonaland on 5 July 1905.The monument, called the Shangani Memorial, is an oblong, flat-topped structure, about 33 feet (10 m) tall, made from granite from a nearby kopje. It was designed by Herbert Baker, and based on the Pedestal of Agrippa at the Athens Acropolis. On each of the memorial's four sides, members of the patrol are depicted in relief. The main inscription reads, "To Brave Men", with a smaller dedication given beneath: "Erected to the enduring memory of Allan Wilson and his Men who fell in fight against the Matabele on the Shangani River December 4th, 1893. There was no survivor". The patrol's graves and the monument remain at World's View to this day."

Thanks go to Wikipedia for this info :salute::

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Martyn

.....I have enlarged the avatar.....can now see how I mistook it as a sort of outpost.... ....thank you for the info.....good to know the subjects of your excellent diorama are not forgotten...TomB

 

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.....I have enlarged the avatar.....can now see how I mistook it as a sort of outpost.... ....thank you for the info.....good to know the subjects of your excellent diorama are not forgotten...TomB

Thanks again Tom :salute::

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Martyn

 

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Two Egyptian Officers, one from an advance patrol and one from the screw-gun detachment, exchange news while another mounted Officer keeps watch for Dervish



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