China War Medal (1900)

China War Medal 1900
Obverse and reverse of the medal.
Awarded by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Type	Campaign medal
Eligibility	British and Imperial forces.
Awarded for	Campaign service.
Campaign(s)	Boxer Rebellion 1900.
Description	Silver disk, 36mm diameter.
Clasps	Taku Forts Defence of Legations Relief of Pekin
Statistics
Established	1901
Ribbon bar

The China War Medal 1900 was a British campaign medal approved in 1901 for issue to British and Indian land and sea troops who served during the Boxer Rebellion, between 11 June and 3 December 1900.

The medal was issued in silver to combatants and in bronze to native, namely Indian, bearers drivers and servants.
The obverse shows a crowned and veiled effigy of Queen Victoria, facing left, with the legend "VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX" around the upper perimeter.
The reverse shows the same shield bearing the Royal Arms, with a palm tree and trophy of arms behind and the inscription ‘ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACIM’ above, as found on the First and Second China War Medals. ‘CHINA 1900’ appears in the exergue below.

The 1.25 inches (32 mm) ribbon is crimson with wide yellow edges.

It could be issued without a clasp, or with one or more of the following clasps:

Awarded to Royal Naval personnel of the British contingent of the international fleet involved in the attack of the Taku Forts along the Peiho River on 17 June 1900.

Awarded to 80 Royal Marines, the British Legation Guard drawn from several regiments and to civilian volunteers, who aided the defence of the Legation Quarter in Peking for 55 days between 20 June and 14 August 1900.

Awarded to British and Indian army personnel and to men of the Royal Navy involved in the relief of the Legations in Peking between 10 June and 14 August 1900, as part of the international relief force (see Gaselee Expedition) or as part of Vice-Admiral Edward Seymour's Naval Brigade (see Seymour Expedition).