The Tianjin Provisional Government (also spelled Tientsin Provisional Government, Provisional Government of Tianjin, Provisional Government of Tientsin) (, zh, t=天津都統衙門)medal
British Museum was a government formed by the

Eight-Nation Alliance The Eight-Nation Alliance was a multinational military coalition that invaded northern China in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion, with the stated aim of relieving the foreign legations in Beijing, which were being besieged by the popular Boxer ...

during the

Boxer Rebellion The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious F ...

in China, which controlled the major city

Tianjin Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality in North China, northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the National Central City, nine national central cities, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the ...

and its surrounding areas from 1900 to 1902. After the Boxers seized much of Tianjin in June 1900, the city was recaptured by the Eight-Nation Alliance in July 1900. Seven of the members of the Eight-Nation Alliance (Russia, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, France, the United States, and Italy) established the Tianjin Provisional Government on 30 July 1900. The government was first known as the Viceroy's Government and was renamed the Tianjin Provisional Government on 14 August. The Tianjin Provisional Government had military control over Tianjin, Chinghai, Ningho and some other regions, with 8 subordinate executive organizations. It had a patrolling team of 900 allied forces gunmen directly under its control. The Norwegian railway engineer and former officer Benjamin Wegner Nørregaard, who had worked in China for the last few years, was employed as a sort of minister of labour, and also designed the monumental government headquarters. Most of the United States 15th Infantry Regiment arrived in Tianjin on 16 August 1900, as part of the

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. The Tianjin Provisional Government existed until 15 August 1902, when it returned control of its territory to the Chinese

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government. The Eight-Nation Alliance however maintained a military presence in the area to ensure open access to Beijing.

Tianjin Provisional Government Medal

The Tianjin Provisional Government Medal was presented to members of the Provisional Government. It was designed by J. Chevet and manufactured by the Japanese firm of Tenshodo. 12 gold, 60 silver, and 153 bronze medals were issued. The obverse shows the flags of the seven alliance members who formed the government along with its French name, and the reverse inscription is its Chinese name. Tianjin Provisional Government Medal.png, Tianjin Provisional Government Medal (obverse) Tianjin Provisional Government Medal reverse.png, Tianjin Provisional Government Medal (reverse) Known recipients of this very rare medal include: * Benjamin Wegner Nørregaard (Gold) A bronze medal was donated by Paul Bauer (Austrian consul general, Tianjin) bronze) to the

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in 1932

References

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