The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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.
Awarded to Leading Seaman Robert Henry Farrington who served with the Victorian Naval Contingent in China in 1900. He embarked aboard SS Salamis on 30 July 1900 and returned to Australia in SS Chingtu on 14 April 1901. Farrington was born on 26 July 1861 at Shirley, Hampshire, England. He joined the Victorian Colonial Navy in December 1888. By 1897 he had been awarded three Good Conduct Stripes. Farrington continued in the navy after his service in the Boxer Uprising in China and was awarded the Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1904. He transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1911, as a petty officer, and was made a member of the instructional staff. He saw no sea-going service during the First World War and was discharged in 1923.
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
Royal Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EdVII). The recipient's name and rank are engraved on the edge. Obverse: The head of Edward VII in admiral's uniform and the legend 'EDWARDVS VII REX I
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
China Medal 1900. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. The medal has a non-standard silver pin clasp, and a piece of Naval Long Service Good Conduct Medal ribbon is sewn to the left hand si
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
British War Medal 1914 - 20. The recipient's number, rank, name and regiment are impressed around the edge. Obverse: The coinage head of King George V with the legend, 'GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET I
