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General Gordon’s Star for the Siege of Khartoum 1884, pewter, with its original star and crescent suspension, sewn onto a black cloth backing, in a collage with two fine military watercolours signed and dated 1885, a contemporary half-length photograph of Gordon, and an original Five Hundred piastre banknote issued by The Treasury of Khartoum (25 April 1884) during the siege, all framed and glazed, extremely fine £800-1000
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