1592970587000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141263 1747245963610 1711380463000 1747245848565 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141263 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141263 8a73502c-651f-3cc4-aa7f-387d864e0be3 8 reference term-42993 adlib-term-42993 93884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0 medal reference term-122711 adlib-term-122711 1db96904-a474-3b61-a8e5-6c2d9dd557ab Lester Watson Collection Coins and Medals Increasing competition from the USA and France for Chinese trade concessions, against a background of extreme Chinese reluctance to co-operate with British trading interests after the First Opium War, led Britain to demand new trading concessions of China in 1854 to secure its `most favoured nation' status. China rejected this demand, and resentment on the ground eventually came to a boil over the seizure by Chinese authorities of a Hong Kong steamer, the Arrow, which the British claimed as a breach of their rights. In retaliation British forces seized the fort of Guangzhou (Canton), with help from US naval vessels, but were driven out of the city when its people and soldiery ignored their governor's order not to resist. Reinforcements for the British were soon sent from India, although slowly because of the concurrent First War of Indian Independence (usually known as the Indian Mutiny). Upon their arrival with now-allied French forces what was to be a three-year war was renewed in earnest. In the interval between the initial expulsion from Guanzhong and the renewal of the campaign on land, action in the war was entirely naval, and included the destruction of most of the local Chinese fleet in two battles, one of which was fought in Fatshan Creek (Foshan) in May 1857. This medal is unnamed, and the recipient cannot be identified, but the bar for the battle at Foshan tells us that he was a sailor or a marine. Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. CM.1169-2009 1 accession number CM.1169-2009 141263 priref 141263 Watson Catalogue 55 ordering M-0052 previous object number LW.0052 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141263 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141263 Bust of Victoria facing left obverse VICTORIA REGINA design Collection of war trophies including a royal shield below palm tree reverse design reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009 reference agent-206432 adlib-agent-206432 e0b1da8e-f9e4-30be-9257-f82c89d45afb Watson, Lester 2009 2009 2009 given on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum 2005-2009 1861 1861 1861 1861 1863 1 1863 1863 1863 mint reference agent-149658 adlib-agent-149658 4cb81521-c6ef-3826-8224-de2a104139c5 London ruler reference agent-151398 adlib-agent-151398 bb2cd0a1-0a27-3787-a684-475d3b199972 Victoria (1837-1901) artist reference agent-174941 adlib-agent-174941 8ba653dd-3bef-332c-a3cb-822cc499c1fd Wyon, William with the title of ruler reference agent-174943 adlib-agent-174943 9c2be08c-ce74-3f9c-b796-3c936a5088e0 Victoria regina reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 London reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Diameter mm 36.2 Weight g 41.39 reference media-116077 adlib-media-116077 8b164105-3190-30a9-9fb9-cdd95f49d8e6 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0052_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 136 1742589695950 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0052_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 136 1742589695950 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0052_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 136 1742589695950 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0052_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 136 1742589695950 1 image 0 media image reference media-116078 adlib-media-116078 4a301c94-e793-3bde-9890-476b9b920888 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0052_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 136 1742589676947 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0052_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 136 1742589676947 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0052_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 136 1742589676947 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0052_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 136 1742589676947 1 image 1 media image reference term-122778 adlib-term-122778 b66d27ae-6a2c-354c-ac94-ae6ea08142d8 Second China War Medal denomination reference term-98222 adlib-term-98222 b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50e medals series reference term-108659 adlib-term-108659 cc732dec-4543-389e-a737-cf22bb7d2ee2 Military subseries reference term-107681 adlib-term-107681 e80da827-45c6-3b71-a3ef-28794a05e4a8 Britain subsubseries reference term-122712 adlib-term-122712 639b4532-b2cf-3f44-a24b-84974795c1a6 Royal Navy subsubsubseries history note Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt before 1928 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 288-290, 291 reference publication-5886 adlib-publication-5886 a6056c29-399c-38dd-9710-5b3f2d44b8a6 British Battles and Medals 7th edn reference publication-5910 adlib-publication-5910 0d1d8526-5493-32bd-93b4-acd4cdcec7f9 British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)

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