£670
France Medal for the China Expedition 1860 (Médaille commemorative de l'expédition de Chine de 1860). The Medal fitted with original silk 'moire' corded silk riband with distinctive blue embroidered Chinese characters with the name of the city of Beijing stitched on both sides of the riband. The medal was established by imperial decree on 23 January 1861, by Emperor Napoleon III, as a military award of the Second French Empire to reward French soldiers and sailors who had taken part in the latter stages of the 'Second Opium War' 1856-1860, It is estimated that 8,000 medals were awarded to French military and naval personnel for the China Expedition of 1860. Signed Barre under the effigy of Napoleon III and stamped on the mounting ring with an Anchor.
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