China, Republic. An Order of the Double Dragon, Type II, II Class, II Grade Badge Auction Archive comprising: Iron Cross 1870

comprising: Iron Cross 1870

featuring handwritten dedications from Stamsen’s fellow RAD personnel

two Orders of Brotherhood and Unity with Silver Wreath

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 comprising: Iron Cross 1870(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