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    Today its now 109 years, that the city of Tientsin (China) was again fully ruled by foreign troops, after there where big troubles in and around the city with Boxer-Rebells.

    On the 23rd around 2.000 Soldiers under the command of the russian General St?ssel hold and cleaned the city from rebells.

    Amongst these where 2Kompanien of the III.Seebattailon.

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    3 days after this happened the retreating Seymour-Expedition-Corps also reached the city and "ended" their expedition then.

    From one of those retreating soldiers does come the attached medalbar.

    Its interesting to see this clasp on a bar, as many soldiers didn't mounted the Seymour-Expedition clasp on their bar, as this clasp is for a lost "action" and with that, the only clasps of the China medal, which was given for a non victorious engagement.

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    Guest Rick Research
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    This ribbon bar is how I met Evil Ricky 8 years ago. Traded him some cardboard boxes for it. :catjava:

    The combination could not possibly be correct--

    as you've mentioned, the Seymour expedition from Tientsin was forced back before reaching Peking. This fellow apparently thought that pasing through that city AFTER the siege entitled him to that Spange-- which it didn't.

    Tientsin, Seymour Expedition, and Peking were navy/marines bars. Huolo was an army one, since they arrived as reinforcements. I know of no naval UNITS that took part in the battle at Huolo, but either this man was there individually or...

    :unsure: he was a "Stolen Valor" guy in 1938. :shame:

    They are little 20mm jewels... even if he was a Naughty Old Fellow.

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    Its interesting to see this clasp on a bar, as many soldiers didn't mounted the Seymour-Expedition clasp on their bar, as this clasp is for a lost "action" and with that, the only clasps of the China medal, which was given for a non victorious engagement.

    The wearer of this medal bar didn't like Seymour, too. Instead of wearing the Seymour clasp he prefered two clasps of battles within the expedition.

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