Germany, Imperial. A China Commemorative Medal for Combatants
(China-Denkmünze für Kämpfer). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from a correct replacement ribbon, consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle grappling with a Chinese dragon, the reverse bearing a central raised monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II, circumscribed by an inscription of “DEN SIEGREICHEN STREITERN” (“TO THE VICTORIOUS FIGHTERS”) and a date of “1900 CHINA 1901”, unmarked, measuring 33.09 mm in diameter, weighing 15.5 grams, in extremely fine condition.

