• Title
  Item 06: China War Medal 1860 [awarded to John Brown], 1861 / designed by William Wyon
• Call number
  SAFE/R 644/Item f
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  1861
• Type of material
  Medals
• Reference code
  1195427
• Physical Description
  1 medal - 3.6 cm. diameter (medal); 7.2 cm. folded length (ribbon) - silver with crimson ribbon with yellow edges and two bars attached by clasp to ribbon
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  The Second China War Medal was issued by the British Government in 1861 to members of the British Army and Royal Navy who took part in the Second Opium War of 1856 to 1860 against China. The medal was designed by William Wyon. The medal was issued with the following bars or clasps: China 1842 (awarded to those who had already received the medal for the First China War), Fatshan 1857, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1858, Taku Forts 1860 and Pekin 1860.
• Scope and Content
  1 silver medal with two bars 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 word 'China'.
  'Pekin 1860' impressed on upper bar.
  'Taku Forts 1860' impressed on lower bar.
  'John Brown 2nd Bn. 60th RL. Rifles' impressed on medal rim.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1319136
  Part of the papers of George Ernest Morrison at MLMSS 312 -
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Wyon, William, 1795-1851
  
• Topic
  ribbons
  military medals
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1202582

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