China Maximilian Gritzner on Order of the Double Dragon

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Let`s see what Maximilian Gritzner wrote about this interesting (and a little bit compicated ) order in his Handbuch der Ritter- und Verdienst-Orden that was published in Leipzig back in 1893.

Here it is.

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Edited May 8, 2013 by JapanX

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[paul wood]

No serious collector should be without Gritzner, quirky but still has it's uses even now,.

Paul

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...still has it's uses even now,.

Undoubtedly

[drclaw]

Wonderful stuff Nick. The black and white illustrations appear to have been taken from the original Double Dragon statutes.

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The black and white illustrations appear to have been taken from the original Double Dragon statutes.

Most likely