China War Medal (1900)
Overview
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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and Imperial
Empire
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land and sea troops who fought during the Boxer Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion, also called the Boxer Uprising by some historians or the Righteous Harmony Society Movement in northern China, was a proto-nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" , or "Righteous Fists of Harmony" or "Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists" , in China between...
of 1900. Issued in silver to combatants and in bronze to native, namely India
India
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n, bearers drivers and servants, it could be issued without a clasp or with one or more of the following;