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Award Hong Kong Plague Medal, gold
| Location | Hong Kong (China) |
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| Year | 1894 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Obverse description | A high-relief allegorical scene depicts a male figure (left) raising his arm to ward off a skeletal figure of Death descending from above, while a female nurse (right) tends to a prostrate sick patient on a table. Chinese characters 香港 appear in the left field, and the date 1894 is inscribed in a decorative cartouche at the base. The designer's signature T. BOUCHIER DES. appears at lower left and A. LYON SC. at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a plain recessed circular field containing a five-line Latin legend, surrounded by a beaded border with a circular outer legend reading PRESENTED BY THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY, separated by a small cross at the base. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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