Offered is a circa 1900, French Protectorate of Annam Order of the Dragon. Eight-pointed silver gilt star, each point comprising six faceted chiselled rays, on imperial crown and superb silver gilt and red and green enamel dragon suspension (90mm high – inclusive all aspects); the face with an imposed oval pale blue medallion inscribed in gilt characters DONG-KHANH HOANG-DE within a red enamel ring, showing small chip at 5 o’clock; the reverse plain; on original ribbon for a military award. The Order was founded on 14 March 1886 at the Imperial city of Hue by Emperor Dong-Khanh of Vietnam to be awarded for outstanding service, both military and civil. It was a French colonial order from 1896 to 1950 and was awarded to French citizens who served in Vietnam with distinction for a minimum of ten years. The order was suppressed in 1950. We list militaria and coins weekly. We provide quality mounted medals, badges and historical research. We can mount your miniature or full size medals, ribbon bars or supply replacement ribbons or badges. We can also conduct military research on your behalf and value cherished objects with a current market or insured value. We run two specialist military auctions per year. Items are accurately described & photographed. Additional costs for this standard service will be added for this service based on publicly available Australia Post rates. Please note, these items are located and will be posted from Australia. We appreciate fair feedback from you once you receive the item. We aim to give you, the customer our best customer service. The item “WW1 ERA IMPERIAL FRANCE ANNAM ORDER OF THE DRAGON MEDAL AWARD KNIGHT GRADE” is in sale since Tuesday, January 26, 2021. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\1914 – 1918 (WWI)”. The seller is “jb_military_antiques_14″ and is located in 2/135 Russell St, Morley, Perth, WA. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Modified Item: No
- Campaign: World War I
- Theme: Militaria
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Country: Vietnam
- Product Type: Medals
- Era: 1910s
