Medal commemorating the Chinese junk 'Keying'

Medal commemorating the Chinese junk 'Keying'. Obverse: Starboard broadside view of the junk, sail set only on mainmast. Legend: 'THE CHINESE JUNK "KEYING".' Exergue: 'LENGTH 160 FT . BREADTH 33 FT . BURDEN 800 TONS DEPTH OF HOLD 12 FEET.' Reverse: Inscription, 'THIS REMARKABLE VESSEL IS A JUNK OF THE LARGEST CLASS, AND IS THE FIRST SHIP CONSTRUCTED BY THE CHINESE WHICH HAS REACHED EUROPE, OR EVEN ROUNDED THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . THIS JUNK WAS PURCHASED AUGUST 1846, AT CANTON, BY A FEW ENTERPRISING ENGLISHMEN . SHE SAILED FROM HONG KONG 6TH DECEMBER 1846 ROUNDED THE CAPE 31ST MARCH 1847 ARRIVED IN ENGLAND 27TH MARCH 1848.'

Object Details

ID: MEC1352
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Halliday, Thomas
Places: Birmingham
Events: Voyage from China to England of the Keying, 1846-1848
Vessels: Keying 1846 [Chinese]
Date made: 1848
People: Halliday, Thomas
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 45 mm