• Title
  Item 09: China War Medal 1900 [awarded to W. A. Jackson], 1901 / designed by William Wyon
• Call number
  SAFE/R 644/Item i
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  1901
• Type of material
  Medals
• Reference code
  447200
• Physical Description
  1 medal - 3.6 cm. diameter (medal); attached by clasp to ribbon 3.2 cm (wide) x 5.5 cm. (folded length) - Some small indentations in rim around lower half of medal. 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 - silver with ribbon and two bars
  
• 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.
  
  W. A. Jackson, service number 169.252, is listed as receiving the China War Medal with these bars, 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. Endymion's period for entitlement to bars & medals: 10th June 1900 to 17th November 1900; period for entitlement to Taku Forts bar: 17th June 1900; for Relief of Pekin bar: 10th June 1900 to 14th August 1900.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1319560
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  ""Victoria Regina et Imperatrix"" -- around rim on medal obverse
  ""Armis Exposcere Pacem / China 1900"" -- around rim on medal reverse
  ""Relief of Pekin"" -- on upper bar
  ""Taku Forts"" -- on lower bar
  ""W. A. JACKSON, STO., H.M.S. ENDYMION."" -- impressed on medal lower edge
• Subject
  Armed forces--Insignia.
  
• Place
  China--History--Boxer Rebellion--1899-1901.
  

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