China, Republic. An Order Of The Brilliant Star, I Class Case, C.1941 Archive Wound Badge Silver Grade –

Wound Badge Silver Grade – Maker 65

original white bow-tied ribbon with pinback hanger

the star having been lost to time)

on hanger with oak leaves on the protruding ring

created by contacts in Austria and re-designed as per this example

China, Republic. An Order Of The Brilliant Star, I Class Case, C.1941 Archive Wound Badge Silver Grade –Instituted in 1941. Hardshelled design on both the lid and base, wooden framed, the exterior with a maroon dimpled cloth covering on all sides, a blue and white enamelled Republic of China sun insignia, resting upon a stylized plum blossom, framed by an open ended wreath and tied with a ribbon at its base, with an inscription in Chinese framed by the ends of the ribbon in gold coloured ink, inside lid lined in white satin, padded, marked and