Annam, Nguyen Dynasty, Emperor Bao Dai Era. A Special Decoration (Kim Tien), I Class Archive PRESENTED BY A GRATEFUL COUNTRY

PRESENTED BY A GRATEFUL COUNTRY

Four Hundred and Eighty Dollars per annum

shield is numbered at the bottom

Authored by Werner March and published in 1936 by Deutscher Kunstverlag Berlin

Contained within fitted titled lacquer case of issue

Annam, Nguyen Dynasty, Emperor Bao Dai Era. A Special Decoration (Kim Tien), I Class Archive PRESENTED BY A GRATEFUL COUNTRY(Sapque d'Honneur, 1re classe) Circular silver gilt medal on laterally pierced ball suspension; the face with a circular central medallion bearing Chinese characters within a border of Annamese dragons and stylised clouds; the reverse with a flaming sun centrally surrounded by six roundels, each bearing a Chinese character, all within a beaded border; diameter 36mm (1. 42 inches); on original ribbon with marks of French style mouting. The Special