Description
3rd China War Medal 1900, awarded to C H Newboult – STO – HMS Goliath
3rd China War Medal 1900, awarded to C H Newboult – STO – HMS Goliath
The medal was issued in silver to combatants and in bronze to native, namely Indian, bearers drivers and servants.
The obverse shows a crowned and veiled effigy of Queen Victoria, facing left, with the legend “VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX” around the upper perimeter.
The reverse shows the same shield bearing the Royal Arms, with a palm tree and trophy of arms behind and the inscription ‘ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACIM’ above, as found on the First and Second China War Medals. ‘CHINA 1900’ appears in the exergue below
Read more about HMS Goliath here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Goliath_(1898)
