China, Qing Dynasty. A Merit Decoration, Ii Class Decoration, C.1897 Hold Oberfeldwebel (Master Sergeant) Friedrich “Fritz”

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

two are maker marked

unusually heavy

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China, Qing Dynasty. A Merit Decoration, Ii Class Decoration, C.1897 Hold Oberfeldwebel (Master Sergeant) Friedrich “Fritz”Silver 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.