| 词条 | China War Medal (1842) |
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|name = China War Medal |image = |caption = Obverse and reverse of the medal. |awarded_by = the United Kingdom |type = Campaign medal |eligibility = British forces |for = Campaign service |campaign = First Anglo-Chinese War (1839–42) |status = |description = Silver disk, 36mm diameter. |clasps = None |established = 1843 |total = |image2 = Ribbon. 35mm: crimson with yellow edges }} The China War Medal was issued by the British Government in 1843 to members of the British and Indian forces who took part in the First Anglo-Chinese War (1839–42). The medal was designed by William Wyon. RecipientsThe China War Medal was originally intended by the Governor-General of India, in October 1842, to be awarded exclusively to all ranks of the Honourable East India Company's Forces. Instead, in 1843, under the direction of Queen Victoria, the British Government authorised its award to all members of the British Army, Royal Navy and the Indian Army and Navy, who had belonged to units that had "served with distinction" in China between 5 July 1840 and 29 August 1842. The award covered the following actions:
This campaign became known as the First Opium War, ending in the seizure of Nanking. The resultant treaty opened five ports to trade, and ceded Hong Kong to Great Britain. DescriptionObverse: the diademed head of Queen Victoria with the legend "VICTORIA REGINA". This reverse design was also used for the Second and Third China War Medals.The First China War Medal's reverse was originally designed depicting the British lion trampling on the fallen Chinese dragon. However, this was considered too insensitive to the Chinese and so the reverse described above was used, although a number of specimens of the first type were made.[3] The non-swiveling suspender is plain and straight being sweated directly to the medal.[4] The {{convert|35|mm|in}} wide ribbon is crimson with wide yellow edges, the crimson representing the heraldic colour of Great Britain, and the yellow the imperial colour of China.[5] No clasps were authorised for this medal.[6] The medals were named in bold block capital letters with stars used to fill in the spaces as on the Waterloo Medal. However, since new punches were used for this medal the naming appears somewhat sharper than on Waterloo Medal examples.[4] Recipients of this medal who also qualified for the Second China War Medal in 1861 received a clasp inscribed China 1842 to add to their existing medal,[7] in addition to any clasps relating to the second war to which they were entitled. Although these clasps were intended to be fixed to the earlier medal, the different width and style of the two suspenders meant that it was not clear how this was to be done. As a result, the clasps were often simply slipped over the ribbon which was sometimes replaced with the narrower 32mm type supplied with the second medal. Other recipients of the earlier medal replaced the original suspender with one similar to that found on the second medal.[4] References1. ^{{Cite book|author=Joslin, Litherland and Simpkin.|title=British Battles and Medals.|pp=109–111. Published Spink, London. 1988}} 2. ^{{Cite book|author=John Mussell (ed).|title=Medal Yearbook 2015.|p=139. Published by Token Publishing Ltd. Honiton, Devon.}} 3. ^{{Cite book|author=Joslin, Litherland and Simpkin.|title=British Battles and Medals.|pp=109–111. Published Spink, London. 1988}} 4. ^1 2 First China War Medal on British Medals Info website 5. ^Ribbons and Medals by Captain H. Taprell Dorling, page 61 (1956, A.H.Baldwin & Sons, London) 6. ^{{Cite book|author=Joslin, Litherland and Simpkin.|title=British Battles and Medals.|pp=109–111. Published Spink, London. 1988}} 7. ^Ribbons and Medals by Captain H. Taprell Dorling, page 65 (1956, A.H.Baldwin & Sons, London) External links
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