3-078-105 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Royal Military Exhibition in the grounds of Chelsea Hospital, 1890. Our Illustrations are those of a few interesting relics of British military history - the sword and belt of Gen. Sir John Moore, his watch, and the sash used in carrying his body from the field and lowering him into his grave at Corunna; the keys of that fortress; the lock of the arsenal of Sebastopol; the field-glass and sabretasche of Sir Colin Campbell (Lord Clyde), the latter pierced by a Russian brass bullet on the heights of Alma; the sabretasche worn by Captain Nolan A.D.C. at Balaclava, afterwards used by Dr. Russell to contain his notes and mem; Crimea, 8th September 1855 - an arm-sling, worked by Her Majesty Queen Victoria in 1855, and authenticated by her Majesty's autograph signature ; the Afghan weapon with which Sir William Macnaghten was slain by Akbar Khan at Cabul/Caubul [ie Kabul] in 1840; and a leather coat worn by Sir Charles Napier at the battle of Meanee, in Scinde'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.