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Description: | A chinese silver dollar of the type issued between 1914-1921. Featuring Yuan Shikai on obverse. This was the first national coin issued in the Republic of China and replaced the so-called "dragon dollar".
Relates to the service of Lieutenant Colonel W.P.C. Dawson.
See also the Department of Documents who have the following: Certificates and letters relating to his service as commanding officer of the British Army Fire-Fighting Unit in Constantinople, 1921 - 1923, and as a British Military Instructor at the School of Military Mechanisation in Chunking, China, 1936 - 1942, including a ts history (5pp) and photographs of the British Army Fire-Fighting Unit; a ts letter (2pp) to his wife describing the sinking of SS SIRDHANA in November 1939; and an excellent ms diary kept by his wife during the evacuation of Europeans from China in the face of the Japanese advance, August 1937 - January 1938, describing the effects of Japanese aerial attacks on nearby towns and her journey by train to Hong Kong, together with photographs of this trip.
A Chinese one silver dollar coin, the obverse features a portrait of Yuan Shikai below chinese characters, the reverse features denomination in centre written in chinese characters encircled by an open wreath of barley. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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