China, Republic - Kuomintang Era. An Order Of The Brilliant Jade, First Class Badge, c.1933 Auction Archive name erased

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12 o'clock arm having been privately altered to included a hand made set of oak leaves and acorn

the central medallion in Gold featuring a red and white enamelled Latin cross encircled by a Gold wreath

rim impressed 451777 PTE

China, Republic - Kuomintang Era. An Order Of The Brilliant Jade, First Class Badge, c.1933 Auction Archive name erased(Ficu xnzhng). Instituted in 1933. A desirable and rare complete first class set of textbook Chinese manufacture, featuring the sash badge of the order featuring a red jade disk bearing an ornate textured design placed in the large silver gilt setting in the centre, the disk surrounded by a ring of twenty five silver gilt beads upon a disk in silver with red enamels, in turn backed by a five pointed star, each of the star points in silver and blue