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Auction 74 12-13 Apr 2023
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China, Republic, Guangdong [Kwangtung] Province, silver lozenge-shaped Flood Relief Medal, 1915, character legend within circle reading "Zhonghua Minguo san nian Guangdong shuizai zhu zhen", fine blue enamel border, with scrolled design around, rev. stamped with two maker's marks, 48.5 x 44mm., suspension loop and ring, extremely fine and very rare; sold with (an unrelated) Japanese WW II Red Cross Medal, extremely fine (2)
In 1915 Guangdong was hit by an unprecedented flood, the Yimao Flood [yimao shuizai], which also affected the provinces of Guangxi, Jiangxi, and Hunan. The local government in Guangdong could neither control the rivers, nor provide adequate relief after floods. The city of Guangzhou was flooded for seven days and also suffered a major flood-related fire. Some 430,000 hectares of farmland were destroyed, there were hundreds of thousands of casualties and over 3.78 million people were displaced by the disaster. Relief, for the most part, was provided by private charities, charities run by foreign missionaries all looking to the Cantonese merchants for support. A silver Star, catalogued as "Kwangtung Flood Relief Medal, Fourth Class", was sold by Baldwin Auctions, Hong Kong, 56, 3 April 2014 (lot 704). This carried an identical legend within a circle and identical marks on the reverse.
Estimate: 200 - 300 GBP
In 1915 Guangdong was hit by an unprecedented flood, the Yimao Flood [yimao shuizai], which also affected the provinces of Guangxi, Jiangxi, and Hunan. The local government in Guangdong could neither control the rivers, nor provide adequate relief after floods. The city of Guangzhou was flooded for seven days and also suffered a major flood-related fire. Some 430,000 hectares of farmland were destroyed, there were hundreds of thousands of casualties and over 3.78 million people were displaced by the disaster. Relief, for the most part, was provided by private charities, charities run by foreign missionaries all looking to the Cantonese merchants for support. A silver Star, catalogued as "Kwangtung Flood Relief Medal, Fourth Class", was sold by Baldwin Auctions, Hong Kong, 56, 3 April 2014 (lot 704). This carried an identical legend within a circle and identical marks on the reverse.
Estimate: 200 - 300 GBP