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Yes, €4000 is price tag for real fans of Biyun Temple decorations

Yep. Judging by this dimple somebody was really into polishing ...

Yep. Also same provenance "This order has been awarded to a French Air Force officer serving in China" Guess this officer was real devotee :whistle:

Nice! But these two look like sharpshooting proficiency badges (i.e. authorized, "officially allowed on uniform" badges). I was thinking about unauthorized (like three badges in posts #3 and #5) Well, authorized or non authorized, but these are definitely non proficiency badges Any photos with these Mickey?

Indeed very interesting piece from "Sign" auction ;)

I don't have exact date, but this photo was made after 1914, since last medal in his bar is 300 jubilee of Romanov dynasty. He also have this one http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/60445-red-cross-medal-for-the-russo-japanese-war-1904-1905/ in his bar. Of course one of these five medal should be R-J war medal.

http://pomnipro.ru/memorypage38810/biography http://regiment.ru/bio/G/174.htm In turn these are based on Волков С.В. Офицеры российской гвардии. М. 2002 Список Генерального штаба. Исправлен на 01.06.1914. Петроград, 1914 Список Генерального штаба. Исправлен на 01.01.1916. Петроград, 1916 Список Генерального штаба. Исправлен на 03.01.1917. Петроград, 1917 Список Генерального штаба. Исправлен по 01.03.1918.//Ганин А.В. Корпус офицеров Генерального штаба в годы Гражданской войны 1917-1922 гг. М., 2010.

If you have photos with such "non-authorized" badges, please post them in this thread. Nick

See?

Another example This time it is a colonel

See what I am talking about?

Sometimes we can observe these "difficult to identify" badges on photos ... What are these? Any ideas? Here we have a nice example

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HQ photo

Sorry, I misunderstand you. I don`t have Boxer kite in my collection, but I will look through my scanotec

At last I get one of these photos! Nature morte

Two interesting ribbon bars from after-1942 period of time

Here we go Pieter (borrowed photos of this 4th class from a friend - thanks Stas! ) This one was issued on October 18, 1895 to Major Hayasi Taitiro

Not bad!

Sure thing. Will do it (hopefully) tomorrow.

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