Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Peking Siege Commemoration Medal 1900, obverse: the Ch’ien Men engulfed in flames, in the exergue a cannon, ‘junii xx - augusti xiv’, reverse: Britannia and Germania standing facing, clasping hands, a Chinese female standing behind; below a dragon, legend around ‘ichabod! mene. mene. tekel. upharsin.’, 57mm., bronze, unnamed, ref. B.H.M. 3672, E.1842, nearly very fine and rare £200-250

The Peking Siege Commemoration Medal is a most interesting piece and rarely encountered. They were struck at the instigation of Mr Arthur D. Brent, an employee of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, who was himself present throughout the siege and whose medals were sold in these rooms on 25 February 1998. A limited number only were struck and named for those actually present at the siege.