China, Qing Dynasty. A Merit Decoration, Ii Class Decoration, C.1897 Auction Archive the tab is backed with

the tab is backed with beige colored buckram (a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue)

hand crafted

with bright colors and no holes and imperfections

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Gibbons was designated "Territorials" when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (106245) with the 1st Regiment

China, Qing Dynasty. A Merit Decoration, Ii Class Decoration, C.1897 Auction Archive the tab is backed withSilver Grade Second Class Silver Grade. Of embossed silver, weighing 2. 4 grams, hallmarked, 62 mm x 90 mm, holes at the top and bottom for suspension, two small tears on the left side, very fine quality, better than very fine. Footnote: This Merit Decoration was awarded to Chinese Subjects on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.