China, Qing Dynasty. A Merit Decoration, Ii Class Decoration, C.1897 Hold but can speak with confidence

but can speak with confidence of what came within my own observation

on loop for suspension from period original combatant ribbon

Oberfeldwebel (Master Sergeant) Friedrich “Fritz” Goebel has distinguished himself as a board gunner in the following ways: Between May 13 and May 24

two are maker marked

China, Qing Dynasty. A Merit Decoration, Ii Class Decoration, C.1897 Hold but can speak with confidenceSilver Grade Second Class Silver Grade. Of embossed silver, weighing 2. 4 grams, hallmarked, 62 mm x 90 mm, holes at the top and bottom for suspension, two small tears on the left side, very fine quality, better than very fine. Footnote: This Merit Decoration was awarded to Chinese Subjects on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.