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China 1900 bronze Combattant bar Seymour Expedition

China 1900 bronze Combattant bar Seymour Expedition,

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Origin: German Empire
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China 1900 bronze Combattant bar Seymour Expedition,
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, GCB, OM, GCVO, PC During the Boxer Rebellion, he led an expedition of 2,000 sailors and marines from Western and Japanese warships consisted of 916 British, 455 Germans, 326 Russians, 158 French, 112 Americans, 54 Japanese, 41 Italians, and 26 Austrians to relieve the besieged Legations at Peking, it was unsucceful and he lost 62 Killed and 232 wounded