China, Republic. A London Legation Medal, C.1896 certificate_of_authenticity the reverse inscribed “Mil

the reverse inscribed “Mil

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China, Republic. A London Legation Medal, C.1896 certificate_of_authenticity the reverse inscribed “MilInstituted in 1896. Of French manufacture, in toned silver, measuring 42. 8 mm in diameter, hallmarked on horizontally pierced ball suspension with boars head denoting French small silver guarantee post 1838, with contact, on period ribbon, good fine. Footnote: During 1896, the aged Li Hung Chang became the first Qing Dynasty Minister to begin his world tour with a visit to Russia to represent China at the Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II, accompanied