China, Republic. A London Legation Medal, C.1896 certificate_of_authenticity eight days shy of his

eight days shy of his twenty-eighth birthday

case also mint

Both the visor and the neck guard have vulcanfibre uppers

the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver letters reading “Merenti” (Latin - “Merit”)

the top and bottom of the cufftitle is bordered by machine embroidered braid

China, Republic. A London Legation Medal, C.1896 certificate_of_authenticity eight days shy of hisInstituted 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