China War Medal

• Name — China War Medal 1900 • Presenter — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland • Type — Campaign medal • Eligibility — British and Imperial forces. • Awarded For — Campaign service. • Campaign — Boxer Rebellion 1900. • Description — Silver disk, 36mm diameter. • Clasps — * Taku Forts • Defence of Legations • Relief of Pekin • Established — 1 January 1902 • Image2 Size — 110px • Caption2 — Ribbon bar

It could be issued without a clasp, or with one or more of the following clasps: • Taku Forts Awarded to Royal Naval personnel of the British contingent of the international fleet involved in the attack of the Taku Forts along the Hai River on 17 June 1900. • Defence of Legations A total of 132 were awarded, to Royal Marines, the British Legation Guard drawn from several regiments and to civilian volunteers, who aided the defence of the Legation Quarter in Beijing for 55 days between 20 June and 14 August 1900. • Relief of Pekin 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). The medal was awarded to 555 naval personnel of the Colonial navies of Australia without a clasp: 256 men with the New South Wales Contingent, 197 with the Victorian, and 102 on the South Australian gunboat Protector.