AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING PRESENTATION SALVER COMMEMORATING THE SINKING OF THE CHING YUAN AT WEI HAI WEI, 1895
constructed in plated silver with central device of Chinese characters, inscribed around edge Ching Yuan / The Imperial Chinese Navy, with outer inscription reading Armstrong Cruiser./'Chingyuan'. Captain Yeh./Sunk by Japanese Gunners/in possession of a Chinese fort/at Wei Hai Wei. 8th February 1895. with maker's marks impressed to reverse, on three feet -- 12in. (30.5cm.) diameter

Condition Report
Several areas of wear to plating; inscription in good condition.

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