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The Central China Famine Relief Medal attributed to the Reverend Alex R. Saunders, China Inland Mission
Central China Famine Relief Medal 1910-11, 35mm, bronze-gilt and enamel, uniface, on original embroidered riband, nearly extremely fine £300-£400
The Reverend Alex R. Saunders served with the China Inland Mission at Yangchow, China. His memoirs, ‘A God of Deliverances’, records his time in China, and includes a photograph of the recipient and his wife.
Sold with a King James Bible presented by the recipient to his wife Isabel, the inside inscribed ‘To my darling Wife. A memento of a very happy birthday spent in Nellie’s home at Luton. From Alex. 2nd August 1928.’
For the recipient’s son’s medals, see Lot 362.
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