1922 Hankou Charity Society Bronze Statue of Li Yuanhong Commemorative Medals/中華民國十一年慈漢口慈善會建树黎公铜像纪念章

In June 1922 in order to commemorate Li Yuanhong philanthropic deeds the Hankou Charity Society built a bronze statue of him and install it in front of the headquarters entrance.

Medal of 1st type.

Silver, gilt, enamel.

Obverse

慈 - Kindness; Compassion

漢口慈善會建树黎公铜像纪念章 - Hankou Charity Society /Hankou, alternately romanized as Hankow was one of the three towns merged to become modern-day Wuhan city, the capital of the Hubei province, China/ Bronze Statue of Li Yuanhong Commemorative Medal

reverse

中華民國十一年 - The eleventh year of the Republic of China = 1922

紀念章 - Commemorative Medal

Republic of China flag crossed with a white flag with Red Swastika https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-of-red-swastika-society.23627

Original case.

紀念章 - Commemorative Medal

 

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 56 x 61 mm.

Specimen from Mohler Collection, Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

 

Medal of 2nd type.

Note the ribbon bar folded in German style.

Different base of the medal, same inscription in the central medallion but with different photo of Li Yuanhong in the center.

 

Li Yuanhong /黎元洪; October 19, 1864 – June 3, 1928) was a Chinese politician during the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China. He was the president of the Republic of China between 1916 and 1917, and between 1922 and 1923.
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