• Title
  Item 08: China War Medal 1900 [awarded to G. A. Long], 1901 / designed by William Wyon
• Call number
  SAFE/R 644/Item h
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  1901
• Type of material
  Medals
• Reference code
  447199
• Physical Description
  1 medal - 3.6 cm diameter (medal); attached by clasp to ribbon 3.2 cm (wide) x 5.5 cm (folded length) - silver
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  ""This British medal was awarded to those who took part in the military aspects of the Boxer Uprising ... [There were] three Bars (or clasps) to the China Medal: `Taku Forts', `Defence of Legations' and `Relief of Pekin' [spelled Pekin on medal] ... The medal was designed by W Wyon and awarded for service between 10 June and 31 December 1900.""
  Reference: Corfield, J. The Australian illustrated encyclopedia of the Boxer uprising. McCrae, Vic.: Slouch Hat Publications, 2001.
  Listed as a no-bar medal awarded to G. A. Long, service number 126.380, in: Fevyer, W. H., The China War Medal 1900 to the Royal Navy & Royal Marines (London: London Stamp Exchange, 1985), compiled from Admiralty medal rolls in the Public Record Office. H.M.S. Dido's period for entitlement to bars & medals, 21st July 1900 to 9th December 1900.
• Scope and Content
  1 silver medal with ribbon. Crowned and veiled bust of Queen Victoria on obverse. The reverse shows a collection of war trophies with the Royal Arms on an oval shield at centre, all in front of a palm tree. Crimson ribbon with yellow edges.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1319559
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  ""Victoria Regina et Imperatrix"" -- around rim on medal obverse
  ""Armis Exposcere Pacem / China 1900"" -- around rim on medal reverse
  ""G. A. LONG, CH. STO., H.M.S. DIDO."" -- impressed on medal lower edge
• Conservation note
  
  Medal slightly tarnished.
  Ribbon ends frayed.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Wyon, William, 1795-1851
  
• Subject
  Armed forces--Insignia.
  
• Place
  China--History--Boxer Rebellion--1899-1901.
  

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