Chinese Red Cross Society Regular Member's Medal/中國紅十字會正會員章

Medals were manufactured in silver and in silvered metal.

Silver, enamel.
Size 30 mm.

Reverse

正會員 - Regular Member of Society

中國 - Chinese

紅十字會 - Red Cross Society

 

1st case variation.

正會員章 - Regular Member's Medal

Note that medal made in silvered metal.

 

Cased medal with miniature.

Quite often lid inscription is completely erased.

 

2nd case variation.

正會員章 - Regular Member's Medal

 

At least five different stamps are known. The easiest way to differentiate between stamps is by using form of 正.

 

Non-silver variant of medal in base silvered metal with T-bar suspension.

Together with silver medal.

 

Silver medal or regular member that was awarded to Thomas Norman Manners /acting deputy postal commissioner, Chinese post office, Canton, during the Great War, and later Commissioner of Chinese Posts at Longtcheou and Nanning, Laos/.

He was also awarded with Laos Royal Order of the Million Elephants and the White Parasol; Order of the Striped Tiger, 5th Class; Order of the Golden Grain, 3rd Class, 4th Class (February 1921), 6th Class (March 1916), and 7th Class (July 1914).

Miniatures.

 

Cased medal in silvered bronze or copper alloy. Note differences from previous stamps.

Original case (completely erased inscription).

 

Female version of the Chinese Red Cross Society regular member's medal.

 

All silvering is lost. Note that medal has cold enamel /paint/. Usually this type is found with a T-bar suspension https://asiamedals.info/threads/chinese-red-cross-society-regular-members-medal.27443/#post-361742