China, Republic. An Order of the Striped Tiger, VII Class to Colonel William Frederick Holford Godson, United States Army Newly Listed each tab bearing gold-coloured crossed

each tab bearing gold-coloured crossed cannons indicating an Artillery unit

maker marked "S & W" (Sy & Wagner

Allersheimer bought the F

8 mm (w) x 18 mm (h)

constructed of finely detailed die-stamped metal eagle superimposed on a hand embroidered open-top bullion wreath with the “DLV: letters above and below the eagle

China, Republic. An Order of the Striped Tiger, VII Class to Colonel William Frederick Holford Godson, United States Army Newly Listed each tab bearing gold-coloured crossed(Tiown h xnzhng). Instituted in 1912. Three piece construction, illustrating a striped tiger in yellow, brown, light blue and green enamels on the centrepiece, mounted to an eight pointed star, each star point with six emanating rays, with a cluster of three stars affixed to the star point at 12 o'clock designating the award as a VII Class Knight, all of which is mounted to an eight pointed star base, with each of the star points in red, blue, yellow,