Numismatic massive 1st earl baldwin of bewdley's is shaping up to give its Hong Kong Coin Auction (fifty one) in weeks' time with a lot of Chinese banknotes and cash going beneath the hammer, along a sprinkling of items from different international locations.
Their medals segment may be value a glance, then again, boasting because it does a lovely Order of the Striped Tiger (Fifth Class Neck Badge), in silver-gilt and enamels, 60mm, presented to "Dr FSW O'Neill", in its unique lacquer field.
The Chinese medals marketplace is powerful, with a type of the Order of the Double Dragon tripling its estimate not too long ago at Morton and Eden.
The piece is in brilliant mint state even though the outside of the field is distressed. A descendant of O' Neill has written the next notice:
"My grandfather FWS O' Neill, went to Manchuria in 1897 as a missionary of the Irish Presbyterian Church, on the age 27. In 1900 he may talk fluent Chinese and used to be no longer molested in the course of the Boxer Rising, which geared toward expelling overseas affect.
"His area used to be wrecked however later a Chinese dictionary used to be again to him. Again in 1904 he assumed Chinese get dressed (blue cotton), in the course of the Russo-Japanese struggle. At one degree he used to be condemned to loss of life via the Russians. He had blue eyes and didn't be expecting to go as Chinese.
"In 1917 he used to be hooked up via the YMCA to the Chinese Labour Corps in France and used to be presented the Order of the Striped Tiger on his go back to China.
"From 1928 to 1931 he lived in the course of the taking up of Manchuria via the Japanese and used to be allowed to proceed his paintings till 1941, while he and his spouse had been interned in Kobe. They got here house in 1942 in an trade of diplomatic and non secular prisoners.
"He died in 1952 at the age of 82."
FWS O'Neill used to be based totally in Fakumen, a the town of approximately 15,000 other folks amongst foothills approximately days stroll from Mukden, the manager town of Manchuria, and the similar from the Mongolian (indeterminate) frontier.
"He toured an area about equal to Northern Ireland taking about a month on foot for each journey. As far as I know the school and church he established in Fakumen still exist and he is still remembered in the area."
The striped tiger medal has been predicted at a reasonably modest $five,000. But Chinese medals outdid their estimates at 1st earl baldwin of bewdley's Hong Kong sale a yr in the past, so it is relatively most likely that this one will too.
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