China, Qing Dynasty. A Merit Decoration, Ii Class Decoration, C.1897 Hold measuring 41 mm (w) x

measuring 41 mm (w) x 118 mm (h)

but can speak with confidence of what came within my own observation

earning him the CVSM and WM

Oberfeldwebel (Master Sergeant) Friedrich “Fritz” Goebel has distinguished himself as a board gunner in the following ways: Between May 13 and May 24

unusually heavy

China, Qing Dynasty. A Merit Decoration, Ii Class Decoration, C.1897 Hold measuring 41 mm (w) xSilver 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.