China, Republic - Kuomintang Era. An Order Of The Brilliant Jade, Ii Class Star, C.1933 United Republic of mounted onto a black wool

mounted onto a black wool backer

Bowler and R

A Luftwaffe Officer’s miniature dagger

with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid-flight

China, Republic - Kuomintang Era. An Order Of The Brilliant Jade, Ii Class Star, C.1933 United Republic of mounted onto a black wool(Ficu xnzhng). Instituted in 1933. Of textbook Chinese manufacture, multi piece construction, red jade disk bearing an ornate textured design placed in the large silver setting in the centre, the disk surrounded by a ring of twenty five silver beads fronting a disk in silver with red enamels, in turn backed by a five pointed star, each of the star points in silver and blue enamels that are designed with multiple leaves and petals, all of which is