China, Qing Dynasty. An Order Of The Imperial Dragon (Bao Xing Merit Medal), I Class Set, C.1875 GTRexclude obverse featuring a centrepiece in

obverse featuring a centrepiece in Gold presenting a superposed central “Iron Crown” with details of multi-coloured enamels also in Gold

before being transferred to Occupied Poland on 9 June for Operation Barbarossa

20 General Hospital on September 9

the ring’s edges are embellished by ornamented Gold patterns

bronze finish completely gone

China, Qing Dynasty. An Order Of The Imperial Dragon (Bao Xing Merit Medal), I Class Set, C.1875 GTRexclude obverse featuring a centrepiece ineMedals 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