imperial china orders

Very interesting short russian newspaper article published in 1913. Original russian text. Внешние известия. Отмена ордена Двойного Дракона. В знак учреждения республики, министерством иностранных дел установлены ордена Тучного Колоса и Пёстрого Тигра, выдаваемые за особые заслуги. Вместе...

Order of the Double Dragon awarded to M. Augustin Séguin (1841-1904) on January 26, 1889. Renowned Lei Chang in China, this French engineer was honored by the 3rd class of the 2nd Grade of the Chinese Order for making a small railway in the garden of the Summer Palace (Beijing) on behalf of the...

On 12 June 1900 the German Plenipotentiary to China, Baron Clemens von Ketteler, was murdered in the streets of Peking by members of the Imperial Guards Brigade. The Kaiser demanded that that the Emperor should erect a monument in Ketteler’s memory and that he should come to Berlin personally to...

First type, 2nd Class, 3rd Grade neck badge. Silver, gilt, enamel, coral. Size 118.5 x 92mm.

Awarded to general Anicet-Edmond-Justin Bichot (1835–1908) https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anicet_Bichot

The statutes of the Order of of the Double Dragon, including full-size illustrations, were printed in Chinese and also in French by Th. Dupuy in Paris in form of a proposal of the Tsongli-Yamen (Premier's office) to the Empress Regent on February 7, 1882; they were imperially approved on the...

Alexander Adolf Treiden, birth and death dates unknown, of Baltic German stock. From the early 1880’s until 1894, or possibly 1896, Treiden worked exclusively for the Court Jeweler Hahn. His workshop was situated at 5, Kaznacheyskaya Street, a 15-minute walk from Hahn’s shop at 26, Nevski...

2nd Class 1st Grade breast star. Silver, gilt, enamel, coral. Size 89.51 mm. What workshop hides behind GD /ГД/ mark? The base of this breast star is very close (if not identical) to the base of breast stars made by Feodor Rückert /ФР/ workshop...