Lot 773 , A Republic of China, Order of the Striped Tiger, Fourth Class, silver and enamel breast badge

A Republic of China, Order of the Striped Tiger, Fourth Class, silver and enamel breast badge
Estimate £200-300

There are numerous light surface scratches to the back. There are several small hairline cracks to the blue enamel in the central motif along with a bruise and the tiger also hase a bruise to the enamel and some ninor nicks etc. Within the starburst, one red enamelled panel is damaged. Most of the other enamelled panels have minute chips and surface scratches, in line with age and use. Overall condition is otherwise good.
There are two impressed stamps en verso, one containing Chinese characters, the other "7XII"


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Sold for £400