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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 630

(x) China, Empire, London Legation Merit Medal, 43mm, silver, fitted with ring and loop suspension, signed in miniscule capitals, good very fine and rare

During 1896, the aged Li Hung-Chang became the first Qing Dynasty Minister begun his world tour with a visit to Russia to represent China at the Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II, accompanied by envoys from the Chinese Embassies around the world. During his 190-day visit, he took in four continents and crossed three oceans. Whilst in the United Kingdom, he took in the Spithead Fleet Review, he steamed around Lake Windemere and was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.

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