SCARCE WW1 1914-15 Tsingtao China War Dispatch Medal 1914-20 War Medal Set GOOD

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The sole battle of World War I to be fought in East Asia pitting German troops and Japanese forces over the strategic German-held garrison port of Tsingtao in China.  It is scarcer then the 1914-1920 War Medal.  Awarded to the 60,000 Japanese troops who participated directly and others who assisted in the w
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RELATIVELY CLEAN and SCARCE WW1 1914-15 Tsingtao China War Dispatch Medal. The silk ribbon has its hook and eyelet intact .The medal obverse and reverse are perfect. No case. The Siege of Tsingtao was fought more than 100 years ago. It was the sole battle of World War I to be fought in East Asia, it pioneered seaborne air raids and it all but crushed Germanys dreams of empire. Paired with a 1914-20 War Medal. See my site,  japanempiremedals for more details on these medals.
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Medal is 30mm, of blackened bronze, with the usual swivel suspender and bar of the same metal.
The obverse has crossed Army and Navy flags with the chrysanthemum crest above and sprays of paulownia below.
The reverse has ten characters reading, ?Taisho 3rd Year to 4th Year War? in a single vertical line.
The bar reads, ?War Medal?.
The ribbon is 37mm, watered, dark blue with a 13mm white center stripe.
The Siege of Tsingtao was fought more than 100 years ago.
It was the sole battle of World War I to be fought in East Asia, it pioneered seaborne air raids and it all but crushed Germany?s dreams of empire. But few people remember the siege of Tsingtao, which ended 100 years ago today.
On November 7, 1914, German troops holed up in a fortress on the Chinese coast surrendered to Japanese forces.
The fall of Tsingtao ? now known as Qingdao ? dashed Germany?s colonial aspirations for Asia and cemented Japan?s regional ascendance.
For the hapless Chinese, it was but another stage in the long list of national humiliations that continue to poison relations with Japan to this day.
Japan?s victory in Tsingtao ?marked an important step on the road to empire?
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