Médaille commémorative de l'expédition de Chine (1901)
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The Médaille commémorative de l'expédition de Chine (1901) (Commemorative medal of the China expedition, 1901) was a French colonial
medal. It was given to the participants of the repression of the Boxer Rebellion
in 1901.
Colonialism
Colonialism is the establishment, maintenance, acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. It is a process whereby the metropole claims sovereignty over the colony and the social structure, government, and economics of the colony are changed by...
medal. It was given to the participants of the repression of the Boxer Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion, also called the Boxer Uprising by some historians or the Righteous Harmony Society Movement in northern China, was a proto-nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" , or "Righteous Fists of Harmony" or "Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists" , in China between...
in 1901.