Germany, Imperial. A China Commemorative Medal For Non-Combatants Archive returning to Canada on June

returning to Canada on June 26

coded "231479" at the lower right

trimmed with rolled red Waffenfarbe piping

minus the left chin strap

with foreign officers

Germany, Imperial. A China Commemorative Medal For Non-Combatants Archive returning to Canada on June(China Denkmnze fr Nichtkmpfer). Instituted 12 July 1901 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1901 issue). Constructed of magnetic metal, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a German national eagle grappling with a dragon, the reverse bearing a central monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II, circumscribed by an inscription of VERDIENST UM DIE EXPEDITION NACH CHINA (SERVICE TO THE THE