Commemorative medal of the 1860 China Expedition
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Commemorative medal of the 1860 China Expedition
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The Commemorative medal of the 1860 China Expedition was a military award of the Second French Empire to reward soldiers and sailors who participated in the Anglo-French expedition to China during the Second Opium War. It was created by imperial decree on 23 January 1861, by Napoleon III. The British Empire had been engaged in an ongoing conflict with the Qing Dynasty since 1856 over legalizing the opium trade, expanding coolie trade, opening all of China to British merchants, and exempting fore
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2024-02-10T13:25:29Z
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