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Auction: 11007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 448

Medallions Awarded to Miss Juliet Bredon, Daughter of Sir Robert Bredon Peking Siege Commemoration Medal 1900, by J. Taylor Foot, bronze, 57mm, obverse showing the Ch´ien Men engulfed in flames, with a cannon below, and the inscription ´Junii XX - Augusti XIV, A.D. MDCCCC´; reverse showing Britannia and Germania clasping hands, with a Chinese figure in the background, and the inscription ´Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin. Ichabod!´, the edge impressed ´Juliet Bredon´, (BHM 3672), nearly extremely fine and very rare to a lady Grand Prize Medallion for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904, 73mm x 65mm, bronze, the obverse showing the American Eagle, unnamed, good very fine (2) Estimate £ 200-300 The Peking Siege Commemoration Medals were struck at the instigation of Mr Arthur D. Brent, an employee of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, who was himself present throughout the siege, and were presented to those who were present at the Defence of Legations, 20th June to 14th August 1900. The inscription on the reverse represents those words that appeared on the wall at Belshazzar´s Feast, and were interpreted to mean ´thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting´ (Daniel, Ch.5, v.26-27). Miss Juliet Bredon was responsible for organising the Chinese exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904. Provenance: Spink, 20.11.2008

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