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German China Campaign Medal 1900-1901. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: A German eagle with outstretched wings on the back of a Chinese dragon and a laurel wreath around the circumference. Reverse: 'W' surmounted by a German crown with the legend 'DEN SIEGREICHEN STREITERN 1900 CHINA 1901' inside a laurel wreath around the circumference. The medal is fitted with a loose ring suspender. A piece of 34 mm wide yellow ribbon that has stripes of white, red, white, black and white from inside to out on each edge. The ring is stitched to the ribbon which folded in a triangular shape.
Awarded to German troops serving in China during the Boxer Uprising of 1900-1901. This medal is part of a collection assembled by the late Hon. Sir Thomas Hughes, Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. It was presented to the Memorial in memory of his son, Captain Roger Forrest Hughes, Australian Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds in France on 11 December 1916 and his grandson, Flying Officer Peter Roger Forrest Hughes, 12 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, who was killed on active service while flying in the Northern Territory on 3 October 1942.
Italian China Medal 1900 - 1901. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: The bust of Victor Emanuel III facing left with the inscription 'VICTORIO EMANUELE III RE D'ITALIA' around the circumference. Reverse: 'CIN
French China Medal 1900-1901 with the bar '1900 CHINE 1901'. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: The bust of La Republique facing left wearing a tropical pattern helmet and an oak wreath with 'REPUBLIQUE FRA
French China Campaign Medal 1860. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: The head of Napoleon III facing left with the inscription 'NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR' within a bound olive wreath. Reverse: The inscription '
German Commemorative Medal 1903. Obverse: A fluted column with a square base and a figure of a winged victory holding a wreath on the top. In the background are oak trees and a row of houses surrounde
China Medal 1900. The recipient's details are impressed on the edge. Obverse: The crowned and veiled head of Queen Victoria and the legend 'VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX' around the rim. Reverse: A co
Italian Libya Campaign Medal 1911-12 with two laurel wreath bars '1911' and '1912'. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: The bust of Vittorio Emanuele III facing right with the inscription 'VITTORIO EMANVELE I
