China, Qing Dynasty. An Order Of The Imperial Dragon (Bao Xing Merit Medal), I Class Set, C.1875 certificate_of_authenticity Both the front of the

Both the front of the panels and the crown of the cap are fully trimmed with silver aluminum wire piping

he had achieved the rank of Mate

red and blue enamels

the reverse with a maker’s mark of “HUTSCHENREUTHER

Vatican: Pope Pius XI (1922-1939) Eleventh Year Congress Medal 1932 (in silver

China, Qing Dynasty. An Order Of The Imperial Dragon (Bao Xing Merit Medal), I Class Set, C.1875 certificate_of_authenticity Both the front of theeMedals is pleased to offer the rare precursor of the Order of the Double Dragon. Authorized by Imperial Decree in 1862 and designed in the Western Style to be awarded to both British as well as French government officials and civilians. Initially created to acknowledge those Western participants contributed to the defeat of the Taiping Rebellion between 1850 to 1864, the Bao Xing Merit Medal was influential in the design and creation of the later