United States. A Sino-American Order of the Imperial Dragon, c.1900 Auction all suspended from a 138

all suspended from a 138 mm-long bronze bar with a maroon wool reverse liner and horizontal pinback

Type II (711877)

with large sunburst fastening screw plate on reverse

maker "65" (Klein & Quenzer)

marked "100 Ft" (Feet) on the cover of the brass winder coupling

United States. A Sino-American Order of the Imperial Dragon, c.1900 Auction all suspended from a 138(Order of the Imperial Dragon, Bronze Decoration). Constructed of bronze gilt, with a voided tilted square in the centre, on a fixed loop and swivel ring for suspension from its period original ribbon with a leftward facing elongated dragon pinback suspension, the obverse with the letters C. R. E and the date 1900 in simulated Chinese character strokes, surrounded by the inscription Not to Conquer but to Save, the reverse number impressed 377,