j-sk Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 Good evening Gentlemen, I have recently bought the following WW1 Chinese medal (see pictures in attachment). .... BUT I am not too sure about the ribbon though... ! I gather it should be the usual 5-striped-Chinese-flag-like ribbon (black-white-blue-yellow-red). Could anyone of you confirm? Regarding this ribbon, does anyone know which medal it is related to? Cheers, Jean-Sam.
IrishGunner Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 I didn't know about this WWI medal. What was the award criteria?
j-sk Posted May 28, 2014 Author Posted May 28, 2014 I frankly do not know. Since China did not take an active part in WW1, I could only guess that its ruler actually issued this medal on the same basis as Governement of Panama issued the Solidaridad medal... But this is just my guess...
j-sk Posted May 28, 2014 Author Posted May 28, 2014 By the way, does anyone of you know where I could buy the "correct" ribbon or who is likely to sell one ? Even a modern issue would do the job...
lambert Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 Hi It was created in November 1918 to celebrate the Allied victory. According to A. Laslo, its greatest abundance occurs in Beijing on November 28, 1918, during a ceremony commemorating the armistice (the Forbidden City '). Attributed to a very limited number of employees, military and civilian, (diplomats) Chinese or foreign, is one of the rarest medals on this topic. Lambert
lambert Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 I didn't know about this WWI medal. What was the award criteria? I knew of the existence of this medal, the Medal of Panama and this, I have not. .. Lambert
lambert Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 (edited) Good evening Gentlemen, I have recently bought the following WW1 Chinese medal (see pictures in attachment). .... BUT I am not too sure about the ribbon though... ! I gather it should be the usual 5-striped-Chinese-flag-like ribbon (black-white-blue-yellow-red). Could anyone of you confirm? Regarding this ribbon, does anyone know which medal it is related to? Cheers, Jean-Sam. Rare ... very rare.Congratulations on your purchase! Lambert Edited May 28, 2014 by lambert
j-sk Posted May 28, 2014 Author Posted May 28, 2014 Yes, thank you Lambert for your information. Let's hope other people will bring their own bits and pieces of valuable infos to complete this still scatered jigsaw ... Post tenebras lux.
drclaw Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 Thanks Lambert for the info. I'm pretty sure reproduction or even genuine ribbons (they were used for many medals during the Early Republic period) are readily available in China and may appear from time to time on ebay.
lambert Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 Hello Gavin.I do not think one existed Ribbon Replacement for this medal, it was a very limited edition. perhaps from a similar, but it is quite difficult.Lambert
JapanX Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 I do not think one existed Ribbon Replacement for this medal, Of course it is
JapanX Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) This ribbon was the qiite popular during early days of republic. Edited May 30, 2014 by JapanX
JapanX Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 + there are newly made ribbons (at least they look like being newly made)
JapanX Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 To say nothing about terribly made replacement ribbons ...
JapanX Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) Here comes another opportunity Right ribbon (at least colors are the right one) with ... hungarian chess jetton http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hungarian-chess-award-medal-Gutenberg-cup-1949-50-first-place-/131201834903?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e8c3d1f97 Edited May 30, 2014 by JapanX
j-sk Posted May 30, 2014 Author Posted May 30, 2014 Thanks JapanX for the tip! I'll do my best to get that Hungarian medal... even though I am only a mere amateur in chess !
j-sk Posted May 30, 2014 Author Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) You are quite right about the ribbon. By the way, here are two of my "Wu Peï Fu" medals, with matching original ribbons. Although looking globally similar to your medal (see #18), how many different types and models of these were made...? Cheers, Jean-Sam. Edited May 30, 2014 by j-sk
Claudius Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) Thanks JapanX for the tip! I'll do my best to get that Hungarian medal... even though I am only a mere amateur in chess ! I'll play chess with you for the medal you keep the ribbon. That's nice to find a matching ribbon and this one would really look good on the medal. IMO I prefer my medals to have ribbons on them. Original if possible, but repros if necessary. Edited May 30, 2014 by Claudius
j-sk Posted May 30, 2014 Author Posted May 30, 2014 Fair enough: you get the medal and I keep the ribbon... provided we split the costs in two ;-) Unless someone turns up with an original one in the mean-time...
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