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Author	Wellcome Library, London
Copyright holder	Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Image title	L0057476 Hong Kong plague medal, England, 1894 Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Bubonic plague swept through Hong Kong from May to September 1894, claiming 2,500 lives. The Hong Kong authorities awarded this medal to nurses, civil servants, police, and British army and naval personnel who helped the crown colony during the epidemic. The medal shows a Chinese man lying on a bed being tended to by a female nurse while a man holds off the winged figure of Death. The Chinese characters on the left hand side spell out the name of the colony. This medal (complete with ribbon) was awarded to Private S Abbey of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry who served in Hong Kong during the epidemic. Overall 400 men and women received this medal. However, British army personnel were not authorised to wear them on their uniforms. artist: Boucher, F, maker: Wyon, Allan Place made: England, United Kingdom made: 1894 Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Short title	L0057476 Hong Kong plague medal, England, 1894
Headline	L0057476 Hong Kong plague medal, England, 1894