Chinese Republican Orders awarded to Reginald Follett Codrington Hedgeland

Chinese Republican Orders awarded to Reginald Follett Codrington Hedgeland was born in Exeter in 1874. After graduating from Pembroke College, Oxford in 1897 he joined the Chinese Maritime Customs Service and was posted to Kiungchang. He subsequently served at Nanking, Tientsin, Lappa, Kowloon, Swatow and the port of Nanning, where he was in charge for six years. Appointed Deputy Commissioner in 1917 and Commissioner in 1921, he was placed in charge of Aigun, on the Amur river in Manchuria, in 1923. Fluent in both Mandarin and Cantonese, he returned to Swatow to take charge before final postings in Canton and as Commissioner at Hankow. He retired in 1930.​

4th class Order of the Golden Grain awarded in December 1917.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 55 mm.

3rd class Order of the Golden Grain awarded in September 1923.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 64.5 mm.

 

3rd class Order of the Striped Tiger awarded in March 1921.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 71 mm.

3rd class Order of the Precious Brilliant Golden Grain awarded in October 1927.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 72.5 mm.

 

Laos, Royal Order of the Million Elephants and White Parasol awarded in July 1919.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 38.3 mm.

 

Presentation to Hedgeland of a silver incense burner, 1925.