This commemorative coin, part of set number 41 of 65 sets and from the New York Numismatic Club, features Lau Sing Kee as one of four World War I soldiers who marched in a parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City in 1919. Kee was honored in the parade because of his heroism in World War I and that he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, and in France, the Croix de Guerre. The image on the reverse side of the coin was designed by sculptor Eugene Daub and depicts a soldier and nurse leaving for war, and honors the men and women who served in the war. The fact that Kee was included in this parade showed a growing acceptance of immigrants and people of color at the time. Unfortunately, there was backlash to this acceptance that resulted in the passing of the Immigration Act of 1924, which set quotas on immigration and highly restricted immigration from China and other Asian countries. It was not until 1965, with the passing of the Immigration and Naturalization Act, that repealed the 1924 Act and opened up immigration to the US from all countries.