Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals, Cabinets & Books

Death of General Gordon at Khartoum, 1885, a white metal medal by W.O. Lewis, bust three-quarters left, rev. inscription within wreath, 46mm (BHM 3187; E 1714). Extremely fine, reverse better; housed in a contemporary cardboard case inscribed to Mr Robt. Green from Mrs Ashmead-Bartlett £80-100

Frances Christina Ashmead-Bartlett, née Walsh (†June 1929, aged 79), wife of the politician Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (1849-1902), MP for Eye, Suffolk, then later Sheffield Eccleshall, and mother of the war correspondent Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (1881-1931)