China, Republic. An Order Of The Brilliant Star, Iii Class Star, C.1940 Newly Listed with only minimal enamel loss

with only minimal enamel loss to centre applique

The preponderance of unidentified graves is due to the destruction of all the records of the camps by Lieutenant-Colonel Suga

obverse illustrating a left-facing bust of Queen Victoria of 1897 surrounded by the inscription "VICTORIA ANNVM REGNI SEXAGESIMVM FELICITER CLAVDIT XX IVN-MDCCCXCVII"

52 mm (w) x 23

It was built using funds raised by public subscription and from the German government

China, Republic. An Order Of The Brilliant Star, Iii Class Star, C.1940 Newly Listed with only minimal enamel lossIn silver and enamels, hallmarked and numbered "338" on the reverse, one star in the red ray at the top designating it as 3rd Class, 90. 8 mm x 91 mm, vertical pinback, crazing in the white enamels in the large white ray at 11 o'clock, extremely fine