China, Qing Dynasty. An Order Of The Imperial Dragon (Bao Xing Merit Medal), I Class Set, C.1875 certificate_of_authenticity interlaced with red threading and

interlaced with red threading and giving definition to the eagle's eye

surmounted by a period partially enameled Spanish crown

in bronze and blue and white enamels

Constructed of a white rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered

China, Qing Dynasty. An Order Of The Imperial Dragon (Bao Xing Merit Medal), I Class Set, C.1875 certificate_of_authenticity interlaced with red threading andeMedals 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