• Title
  Item 05: China War Medal 1842 [awarded to B. Stevens], 1843 / designed by William Wyon
• Call number
  SAFE/R 644/Item e
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  1843
• Type of material
  Medals
• Reference code
  1195423
• Physical Description
  Objects - 3.6 cm. diameter (medal); 7.3 cm. folded length (ribbon) - 1 silver medal and crimson ribbon with yellow edges :
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  The China War Medal was issued by the British Government in 1843 to members of the British Army and Royal Navy who took part in the First Anglo-Chinese War, also known as the First Opium War, 1839–42.
  
  B. Stevens was a member of the crew of the paddle sloop H.E.I.C.S. Queen
• Scope and Content
  1 silver medal and crimson ribbon with yellow edges:
  Obverse : diademed head of Queen Victoria with the legend 'Victoria Regina'.
  Reverse : a collection of war trophies with the Royal Arms on an oval shield at centre, all in front of a palm tree with the legend 'Armis Exposcere Pacem' and the words 'China / 1842'.
  'B. Stevens H.E.I.C.S. Queen' impressed on medal edge.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1319135
  Part of the papers of George Ernest Morrison at MLMSS 312 -
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Wyon, William, 1795-1851
  
• Subject
  Armed forces--Insignia.
  
• Place
  China--History--Boxer Rebellion--1899-1901.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE751401

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