The Collection of Medals formed by the late David Dixon

Lord Keith: Death of Abercromby 1801, by J. G. Hancock, obv. bust of Lord Keith left, rev. Scottish soldier contemplates an urn which bears a medallion of Abercromby, 49mm., white metal, E.931; Egypt Delivered 1801, by Webb/Dupré, obv. bust of Major-General Lord Hutchinson left, rev. Hutchinson and the Bey of Egypt exchanging a treaty, 41mm., bronze, E.934; General Gordon Memorial 1885, by W. O. Lewis, Birmingham, obv. bust of General Gordon almost facing, ‘... The latest Christian Martyr’, rev. ‘Sent by Gladstone ... but was deliberately abandoned to his fate ...’, 45mm., bronze, E.1714; Matthew Flinders, Australian Coast Surveyed, by Nathan, 44mm., silver, edge hallmarked and numbered ‘0771’, mint; Battle of Omdurman Commemorative, 38mm., silver-gilt, ‘Trustees Presentation Edition, 4334’, cut to edge, otherwise mint; Germany, Prussia, Königgrätz Cross 1866; War Medal 1870-71 (2), combatants, very fine and better (8) £50-70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late David Dixon.

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