order of double dragon awarded in 1912

  1. 3rd class 3rd Grade Order of Double Dragon awarded in 1912 to the Russian doctor Kramer of the Anti-Plague Bureau at Manchuria Station

    Rare documented award for the Great Manchurian Plague of 1910–1911, an incredibly deadly outbreak of airborne pneumonic plague that claimed over 60,000 lives in northeastern China. The epidemic originally sparked among tarbagan marmot hunters in this border region. Infected hunters riding the...
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