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SUDAN: Anglo-Egyptian Condominium, medal (38.43g), 1885, XF

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SUDAN: Anglo-Egyptian Condominium, medal (38.43g), 1885, XF
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SUDAN: Anglo-Egyptian Condominium, medal (38.43g), 1885, BHM-3187, Eimer-1714, 45mm white metal medal on the Death of Major General Charles George "Chinese" Gordon by W. O. Lewis, Birmingham, bust of UNIFORMED Gordon slightly left wearing fez with GENERAL C.G.GORDON C.B., R.B. - THE LATEST CHRISTIAN MARTYR around // SENT BY THE / GLADSTONE / GOVERNMENT TO THE SOUDAN / WITH ONE COMPANION, JANy. 1884 / IN MARCH HE ASKED FOR / 200 BRITISH TROOPS / BUT WAS DELIBERATELY / ABANDONED TO HIS FATE / UNTIL TOO LATE, all within laurel wreath, holed for suspension, with silvered brass crown and bible hanger above, lightly cleaned reverse, scarce, plain edge, XF. Charles George Gordon (1833-1885), also known as Chinese Gordon and Gordon Pasha, was a British Army officer and administrator remembered for his exploits in China and Egypt. He was the commander of the Egyptian forces in Khartoum when the city was besieged by the forces of al-Mahdi on March 18, 1884. The siege lasted ten months until the city fell on January 26, 1885. Gordon was killed along with the entire defense force and several thousand civilians. When news broke of Gordon's death, the British public lionized him as a martyr and a hero and decried the government's belated relief effort, which only arrived two days after the city had been captured.