Medal authorized by the Empress of China and presented to Lim Bang by the Great Chinese diplomat Li Hing Chang in appreciation for his hospitality during a visit in 1896

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Depicts a medal, with two dragons facing and an inscription in Chinese characters, resting on an ornate stand. Medal was presented to Lim Bang by Li Hongzhang (simplified Chinese: 李鸿章; traditional Chinese: 李鴻章). In 1896, Li Hongzhang attended the coronation of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia on behalf of the Qing Government and toured Europe and North America, where he advocated reform of the American immigration policies that had greatly restricted Chinese immigration after the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 (renewed in 1892) and the similar effect of the Canadian "head tax" on Chinese immigrants. It was during his visit to Britain in 1896 that Queen Victoria made him a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.

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Contributor Subject Identifier
  • M07425
Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 1 black and white photograph
Alternative title
  • Inscription on medal: 大清欽差大臣賞給功牌
Geographic coverage Coordinates
  • 48.4359, -123.35155
  • 48.4294, -123.3679
Physical repository Collection
  • Victoria’s Chinatown, a gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians
Provider Genre Is referenced by Date digitized
  • May 10, 2012
Technical note
  • 600 dpi tiff. Cataloguing metadata provided by GF. Migration metadata by MT.
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  • This material is made available on this site for research and private study only. These images are provided with the consent of the Victoria Archives, and cannot be reproduced or copied without their permission.
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