General Gordon (more popularly known as Chinese Gordon) 'Memorial Medal 1885'

Metal: White metal

Weight: 32g

Make: W.O. Lewis, Birmingham, 1884

Obverse: Portrait bust of Charles George Gordon,  C.B., R.E., in lavish embroidered tunic wearing a Tarboush. Surrounded by legend 'General C.G. Gordon. C.B. R.E. The Latest Christian Martyr 

Reverse: Sent by the Gladstone government to the Soudan with one companion, Jan'y 1884 in March he asked for 200 British troops but was deliberately abandoned to his fate until too late

Major-General Charles George Gordon, C.B. Rpyal Engineers (January 28, 1833 - January 26, 1885), soldier and administrator, remembered for his exploits in China - that earned him the popular sobriquet 'Chinese Gordon' - and service in the Sudan

The Siege of Khartoum commenced on the 18th March, 1884. The relief force arrived at Metemma on the 20th January 1885, had started for Khartoum on the 24th arriving on the 28th to find the city had been captured and Gordon killed two days before

See attached images for photographic portrait illustration of 'Chinese Gordon', wearing his orders and medals, together with his statue at Schoolhill, Aberdeen, Scotland

The sale is for the medal only - the images of his portrait and statue only here shown as props for illustrative reference purposes
With dull patination

Condition: GF

Code: 25644