IN OXYDIZED SILVER.
ANUFACTURED to
commemorate special in-
cidents of the Abyssinian
Campaign and for presen-
tation to the ist Battalion,
4th King’s Own Royal
Regiment, the Officers of
which have kindly per-
mitted its exhibition by
Elkington & Co.
The composition is pyramidal in
form, the pedestal serving to frame bas-
reliefs representing the advance in the
mountains of the 4dl Regiment, and
the final conquest of Magdala.
On each side of the pedestal the British
Lion is shown crushing beneath his paws
the broken shackles of the captives, the
ivhole being surmounted by a finely-
modelled group representing the Angel
of Victory Standing over the dead
body of King Theodore, whose Son
is imploring future guidance and pro
tection.
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