qing empire medals

  1. Qing Dynasty Gold and Silver Medals for the Establishment of the Foochow Arsenal

    One of the earliest and rarest Chinese medals of the Qing era. Following a series of military defeats by foreign powers, namely the Opium Wars, China went to great lengths to strengthen and modernize its military powers. The goal of the self-strengthening movement was to build China's military...
  2. Medals of Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce/農工商部製奖牌

    Rural reconstruction of Qing Empire bagan with the inauguration of government agricultural institutions in the 1900s. Until then, there were very few, if any, well-organized institutions weighing in on agrarian reform. In 1903, a new Bureau of Commerce was created under the late Qing regime to...
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