Completing the exterior features is a gilded bronze band which fully lines the circumference of the rim
then the three ships exited the bay
A Member’s award
The interior of the cap is lined entirely with matching khaki-coloured woven cotton with a light brown leatherette sweatband with a still buckram core for reinforcement
inscribed "ACTE DE BRAVOURE" above and "FOR BRAVERY" below
United Kingdom. A China Campaign Medal to H.A. Anderson, Victoria Naval Contingent Buy Now Completing the exterior features isInstituted 1842. In silver, full size, rim impressed H. A. ANDERSON . A. B., VICTORIA NAV. CONTGT., accompanied by original ribbon but worn on replacement, dark patina, minor wear, several small edge bruises, remains extremely fine. Footnote: Victoria Naval Contingent was one of several Australian colonial forces sent to China during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, marking one of the first occasions on which Australian naval personnel served overseas in