After the ceremony the whole company were photographed in front of Government House by Mee Cheung.
It would be interesting to know whether any of these historic medals are possessed by present-day residents of the Colony. From a numismatist's point of view, at the very least, they should be of some value now.
In writing about the special Queen's Jubilee medals given to prominent local residents in 1897 (see 28 and 29-1-35) I queried whether any of these medals existed in the Colony to-day.
I am indebted to Mr. J.D. Danby for the loan of the gold medal which was presented to his father, the late Mr. W. Danby, and for permission to reproduce its design in this issue. The reproduction is the actual size of the original, which is a handsome example of the medal-maker's art. The head and bust of Queen Victoria on the obverse is particularly fine and on the reverse is seen the design of a full-rigged ship and a junk.
The lettering on the obverse—which has not reproduced very distinctly in the picture—is as follows: Victoria Regina et Imperatrix, with the date "1897" below. On the reverse the wording is: "Hongkong" above; in the inner circle, Sir William Robinson, G.C.M.G., Governor; in the outer circle, "To commemorate sixty years of Her Majesty's reign 1837-1897".
The ribbon is golden yellow, with a white band down the middle.
Permission to wear the medal as a decoration, in the Colony, was also granted to the recipients. In addition to a few gold medals, a number of silver ones were distributed.