United Kingdom. A 1706 Medal Commemorating Barcelona Relieved Newly Listed The China Incident War Medal

The China Incident War Medal  was instituted on 27 July 1939 and awarded for service in China at any time from the 12th through the 20th years of the Shōwa period (1937–1945)

Dorsetshire

he suffered a penetrating gun shot (shrapnel) wound to his right thigh

with numeric marking at ten degree intervals

yet her gun turrets remained above water and were still operable and used until the end of the war

United Kingdom. A 1706 Medal Commemorating Barcelona Relieved Newly Listed The China Incident War MedalConstructed of gilded bronze, the obverse bearing a leftward facing bust of Queen Anne, circumscribed by name and title in abbreviated Latin, the reverse bearing a depiction of the 1706 Siege of Barcelona, situated above a date of 1 May 1706 in Roman numerals, and circumscribed by an inscription of BARCELONA . LIB . GALLIS . FVG. (BARCELONA LIBERATED, THE FRENCH PUT TO FLIGHT), the obverse engraver marked for John Croker, measuring 34. 56 mm in