China, Qing Dynasty. An Order Of The Imperial Dragon (Bao Xing Merit Medal), I Class Set, C.1875 Newly Listed via Abyssinia and Djibouti

via Abyssinia and Djibouti

measuring 33 mm x 40 mm

silver brooch

on fine original silk sash

35 mm x 95 mm

China, Qing Dynasty. An Order Of The Imperial Dragon (Bao Xing Merit Medal), I Class Set, C.1875 Newly Listed via Abyssinia and DjiboutieMedals is pleased to offer the rare precursor of the Order of the Double Dragon. Authorized by Imperial Decree in 1862 and designed in the Western Style to be awarded to both British as well as French government officials and civilians. Initially created to acknowledge those Western participants contributed to the defeat of the Taiping Rebellion between 1850 to 1864, the Bao Xing Merit Medal was influential in the design and creation of the later