Second China War Medal 1861 Auction silvered (silver wash mostly gone)

silvered (silver wash mostly gone)

3 mm Enamelled Ribbon Bar

2mm x 23mm

Rose with a strength of 36 officers and 1

photos of life at the Sea

Second China War Medal 1861 Auction silvered (silver wash mostly gone)Unnamed as issued to the navy, in very fine condition. The medal's obverse shows the diademed head of Queen Victoria with the legend VICTORIA REGINA. The reverse has the same coat of Royal Arms and shield found on both the First China War Medal with the inscription ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACIM and the word CHINA in the exergue below. The suspender is the same as that used on the Indian Mutiny Medal. The Second China War Medal was issued by the British