1910-1911 China International Famine Relief Table Medallion/1910-1911年華洋義賑會多功章

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Gold, enamel.

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Reverse engraved

沈敦和 - Shen Dunhe

The Red Cross Society of China was founded as the Shanghai International Red Cross Committee on March 10, 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War. The founders were a group of Chinese business and political leaders, led by Shanghai tea merchant Shen Dunhe. Shen chose to use the Red Cross aegis for his group because the neutrality provided by the Red Cross symbol allowed Chinese relief teams into the Manchurian war zones to aid Chinese civilians caught in the conflict between Japan and Russia. Shen created a Red Cross organization made up of wealthy Chinese and prominent Westerners living in China. The Red Cross Society, supported by government officials, Chinese elites and Western medical workers provided aid to more than a quarter of a million people in China's northeast.​
 
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    1910-1911 china international famine relief 1910-1911年華洋義賑會多功章 china international famine relief table medallion chinese red cross medal chinese red cross table medallion shen dunhe medallion 沈敦和
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