Dragon of Annam from van Wiellk

[JapanX]

Very beatiful...

Quite rare...

From very interesting manufacturer...

Order of the Dragon of Annam (original name Ðại-Nam Long-Tinh Huy-Chúóng/ french Ordre du Dragon de L’Annam)

Commander’s neck badge

Holland maker JMJ van Wiellk from Hague made this piece

Obverse

Edited July 2, 2012 by JapanX

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Central medallion close ups

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Reverse

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Check out this dragon :speechless1:

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Reverse of the crown

[drclaw]

Very nice Nick.

And you're right, it IS unusual to have a Vietnamese award, issued by France (yellow / green ribbons; the ones issued by the Emperor of Annam were on yellow / red ribbons), made in Holland!

[JapanX]

Very nice Nick.

And you're right, it IS unusual to have a Vietnamese award, issued by France (yellow / green ribbons; the ones issued by the Emperor of Annam were on yellow / red ribbons), made in Holland!

Protectorate ...

I really like to see these yellow/red or (for that matter) white/red ribbon specimens awarded by the Emperor

I wonder how often this order was awarded on "national" ribbon ....

Edited July 7, 2012 by JapanX

[Markus]

Thanks for posting this beauty Nick! I must have been sleeping when you posted it! I believe my Commander Dragon of Annam is of the same make. For a while it confused me in that I was not able to find similar French made Dragon of Annam medals similar in style to mine, but now I have the answer, it is of Dutch manufacture. The Van Wielik maker produces very high quality medals and I imagine that very few Dragon of Annams were produced by them.

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Close up of the Dragon.

[JapanX]

... but now I have the answer, it is of Dutch manufacture...

These two Dragons are definitely related!

Cool piece!

Regards,

Nick

P.S. Really like this ribbon ;)