Tuesday 21 August 2012

Gingall or Jingall


 This is a Chinese gingall as displayed in the small Northumbrian town of Bellingham.It was removed from the north-western of the Dagu forts during one of the British/foreign  interventions in China (June 17,1900).This was the Battle of the Dagu forts near Tianjin. According to wikipedia this can be classed as an unprovoked act of war. The gingall was presented to the town by Edward Charlton-there's a good reiver name. (He later became an admiral and a Sir Edward). 

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