China, Qing Dynasty. A Merit Decoration, Ii Class Decoration, C.1897 Hold two are maker marked

two are maker marked

earning him the CVSM and WM

on loop for suspension from period original combatant ribbon

but can speak with confidence of what came within my own observation

3 Field Ambulance on April 28

China, Qing Dynasty. A Merit Decoration, Ii Class Decoration, C.1897 Hold two are maker markedSilver Grade Second Class Silver Grade. Of embossed silver, weighing 2. 4 grams, hallmarked, 62 mm x 90 mm, holes at the top and bottom for suspension, two small tears on the left side, very fine quality, better than very fine. Footnote: This Merit Decoration was awarded to Chinese Subjects on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.