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China War Medal 1900
Obverse: Bust of Queen Victoria, crowned and veiled, with order (left). Legend: 'VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX'. Reverse: at the foot of a palm tree a trophy of flags, cannons, the royal shield, a capstan, etc. Legend: 'ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM'. Exergue: 'CHINA 1900'. Inscription on edge: 'MIDSN. J.W. SCOTT H.M.S. ISIS'. Mounted on a bar with four other medals. Fitted with a bar and cerise ribbon edged with yellow. Awarded to John Wilfred Scott RN (1881-1926) Scott was in the cruiser HMS 'Isis' on the China Station during the Boxer Rebellion in 1901.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1334 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, William; Saulles, George William de |
| Events: | Boxer Rebellion: Relief of Peking, 1900; Boxer Rebellion, 1900 |
| Vessels: | Isis (1896) |
| Date made: | 1900 |
| People: | Queen Victoria; Scott, John Wilfred |
| Credit: | X1972/172 |
| Measurements: | Overall: 36 mm |
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