China, Republic. An Order of the Double Dragon, Type II, II Class, II Grade Badge Auction Archive featuring handwritten dedications from Stamsen’s

featuring handwritten dedications from Stamsen’s fellow RAD personnel

Footnote: Awarded to soldiers and civilians who served in Libya from the peace treaty of October 18

mounted to a bronze gilt eight-pointed star base

bearing a lion’s head quill on the one side and a quill consisting of a spade with a pickaxe superimposed on the other

China, Republic. An Order of the Double Dragon, Type II, II Class, II Grade Badge Auction Archive featuring handwritten dedications from Stamsen’s(Shuang Lung Pao Hsing). Instituted in 1882. Type II (1900 1912), Multi piece construction, of Chinese manufacture, insignia in silver, bearing an orange coral stone with texture lines placed within a silver setting in the centre, with a small smooth coral stone 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