China Medal (1900) : Able Seaman L G Field, NSW Naval Contingent Accession Number: RELAWM17296

Description

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 collection of war trophies, with an oval shield bearing the Royal Arms in the centre, all positioned under a palm tree. Above is the legend,'ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM'. In the exergue is 'CHINA 1900'. The medal is fitted with a straight bar suspender and has a piece of 32 mm wide crimson ribbon with yellow edges.

Contextual Description

Awarded to 47 Able Seaman Leonard George Field. Field was born at St Leonard's NSW in May 1879. He enlisted with the NSW Naval Contingent to China and served with a medical detachment. On return to Australia he was employed as a stonemason and later as a tramwayman. He enlisted in the AIF on 24 March 1916 and served as a sapper with 4 Field Company Engineers with the regimental 15702. He returned to Australia on 12 May 1919. Field died at Kogarah NSW on 22 March 1929.

Details

Conflicts

• China, 1900-1901 (Boxer Uprising)

Places

• China
• Peking

Units

• New South Wales Naval Contingent

Tags

• China Medal (1900)