1084427 | CHINA. Germany - Empire. Alfred von Waldersee. (Field Marshal, ) . 1901 AR Medal. NGC PR63UCAM (Ultra Cameo). By the Lauer workshop, Nürnberg. Edge: SILBER 990. 32mm. 17.70gm. Uniformed half-length facing portrait of Count Waldersee / The Hohenzollern welcoming the return of the first ship. Lange 1191; Unlisted in Marienburg.

Struck to commemorate the return of the expeditionary force and Field Marshal Count von Waldersee from China to Germany.


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Alfred Heinrich Karl Ludwig Graf von Waldersee (8 April 1832 – 5 March 1904) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) who served as Chief of the Imperial German General Staff and Commander of the International Relief Force during the Boxer Rebellion.

Two thousand European and Chinese Christians were trapped in the legation compound at Peking by Boxer insurgents in 1900. An eight-nation International Relief Force of European, American and Japanese troops maneuvered to the rescue. As Kaiser, Wilhelm II wanted Waldersee to command the expedition to China, which he announced to the world press had come as a result of the initiative of the Emperor Nicholas II of Russia. At 68 years old, Waldersee, semi-retired but newly promoted to Field Marshal for this occasion, was officially proposed by the Tsar of Russia, and seconded by the Japanese, as the first Allied Supreme Commander of modern times to lead the expedition. Waldersee had dreams of winning a glorious military victory in China but was greatly disappointed that the main fighting was over after he arrived in Beijing on 17 October 1900. [Wikipedia]


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