from “Two Imperial Chinese Legation Medals”, Jeffrey Jacob, OMRS Journal, September 2005 In Europe, the Chinese diplomatic representatives soon realized they needed some kind of award they could present to deserving foreigners for services to the Chinese Empire and often for services rendered to the Legation itself.
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The common approach to awarding British medals or clasps only for victories has a downside. What interesting events took place that were characterized as a defeat and therefore did not end up with a medal or clasp to commemorate the event? I don’t know much about
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During the Victorian era, there were many sieges, some small, some large, some lasting several days and others many months. Not all sieges resulted in medals or clasps to medals and the details of the defence or relief or a particular town or fort might best be
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