After 1900 Boxer Uprising a national effort to create a Western-style regular army, the New Army, began in 1901. The New army divided into the Lujun (regular army) and the Xunfangdui (reserve/provincial troops). The Lujun was divided into 3 formations the Changbei jun which consisted of 36 divisions with 12,512 men in peacetime and over 21,000 in wartime with a service term of 3 years. The Xubei jun or first reserve with 36 divisions of 9,840 men with a service term of 4 years. The Houbei jun 36 divisions each of 4,960 men with a service term of 4 years.
Breast star base is very close to the breast star of the Double Dragon order.
Silver, gilt, enamel.
Marked
足纹 - High-Grade Silver
北京寶華樓 = 北京宝华楼 - Běijīng Bǎo Huá Lóu /Made by Bao Hua Lou, Peking/