China, Qing Dynasty. A Merit Decoration, Ii Class Decoration, C.1897 Auction Archive This is an extremely well-preserved

This is an extremely well-preserved edition of “British Military Longarms 1715-1815”

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

he was able to withdraw the gun at the last moment

the swastika on the badge slightly damaged

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 This is an extremely well-preservedSilver 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.