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№ 174 x

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13 September 2012

Hammer Price:
£700

China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (Civilian J. N. Hatch. Tientsin Vols:) with related miniature medal, nearly extremely fine and scarce (2) £350-400

65 medals issued to the Tientsin Volunteers. Clasp not confirmed.

The officers and men of the Tientsin Volunteer Corps, who served at and about Tientsin during the months of June and July, 1900, initially declined to accept the medal for China 1900 because the bar for the relief of Peking was refused to them.