China, Qing Dynasty. A Merit Decoration, Ii Class Decoration, C.1897 Hold measuring 41 mm (w) x

measuring 41 mm (w) x 118 mm (h)

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

unusually heavy

Oberfeldwebel (Master Sergeant) Friedrich “Fritz” Goebel has distinguished himself as a board gunner in the following ways: Between May 13 and May 24

on loop for suspension from period original combatant ribbon

China, Qing Dynasty. A Merit Decoration, Ii Class Decoration, C.1897 Hold measuring 41 mm (w) xSilver 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.