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Same photo, but with inscription in russian at the back (most likely made by russian ballerina ) "Admiral ... (illegibly) 1923 year Shanghai Was very kind ..."

Amazing set of awards! Ii includes many medals that we recently discussed (even WW I medal!)

Take a look at this gorgeous photo of Admiral Shao-Kuan/ (10.07.1889 - 07.30 1969).

Personally I don`t see that quality is poorer... Simply different subcontractors. Actually there are three types of Striped Tiger boxes 1) wooden, glued over with cloth boxes 2) lacquer boxes 3) dermatin boxes Sometime you can hear that wooden boxes came from earlier period. Another naive speculation ... Wooden, glued over with cloth boxes were used in China until (at least) 1944. Cheers, Nick

Hi Richard, "great input"? No, simply wanted to show how different the apperances of two tigers that were made (most likely) in one workshop can be. By posting his piece here? Regards, Nick

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Of course they are not, but finding them in the boxes that have silver kanji on the cover and with orders that bear mark M (or established only in 1936) certainly add savour :whistle:

Some of these documents for a war commemorative sake cup`s are so nicely designed that you simply must buy them This one was issued by Niigata Prefecture Soldier Welcoming Home Association for Sakai Sakuzou in appreciation of his war service in the Russo-Japanese War on February 11, 1906

Not that bad after all ...

Nice opportunity for close examination one of these "straight" breast star replicas

These guys have nothing sacred! Chang`s portraits as background ...

Photo gallery of cavaliers of this badge can be found here http://gmic.co.uk/in...adge-cavaliers/ Cheers, Nick

Another example

Documents for the Khalkhyn Gol Badges are pretty dull in design and have no photos of cavaliers inside. Here comes the most interesting (and rare) first type of document for first variation of the badge.