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Medal commemorating the Chinese junk 'Keying'
Medal commemorating the Chinese junk 'Keying'. Obverse: Starboard broadside view of the junk 'Keying', mainsail set. Legend: 'THE CHINESE JUNK KEYING.' Exergue: 'ABOUT 800 TONS BURTHEN.' Reverse: Inscription, 'THE FIRST CHINESE VESSEL EVER BROUGHT TO EUROPE, LENGTH 160 FEET, BREADTH 33 FEET, DEPTH OF HOLD 16 FEET, - ARRIVED AT ENGLAND MAR . 27 1848.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1355 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Allen & Moore |
| Events: | Voyage from China to England of the Keying, 1846-1848 |
| Vessels: | Keying 1846 [Chinese] |
| Date made: | 1848 |
| People: | Kellett, Charles Alfred |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 27 mm |