China, Republic. An Imperial Order Of The Double Dragon, Ii Class, Grade Two Neck Badge, C.1900 Newly Listed (Armeedenkzeichen)

(Armeedenkzeichen)

hospital scenes

The scabbard is nice pebbled

measuring 33 mm (w) x 50

China, Republic. An Imperial Order Of The Double Dragon, Ii Class, Grade Two Neck Badge, C.1900 Newly Listed (Armeedenkzeichen)(Shuang Lung Pao Hsing). Instituted in 1882. Type II (1900 1912), Multi piece construction, of Chinese manufacture, insignia in silver, bearing a red jade stone placed within a silver setting in the centre, with a red enamelled bead placed in the 12 o'clock position, the insignia surrounded by a ring in navy blue enamels and mounted to a silver base incorporating five flattened arms, with star like floral motifs placed between each of the five arms in