Order of Blue Sky and White Sun No. 174 (and other awards) of General Jiang Dingwen

Very rare award (since 1929 only 210 orders were awarded). Republic of China's second highest military award awarded for "outstanding contributions to national security under foreign invasion" and is second only to the Order of National Glory.

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Reverse

青天白日勳章 - Order of Blue Sky and White Sun

Marked

印铸局 - Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Stamped 172.

In disassembled condition.

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Jiang Dingwen /蒋鼎文/ was born to a farmer in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province, China during the Qing Dynasty. In Oct 1911, as he heard of the Chinese revolution, he quit school to join the revolutionary military in Hangzhou, China. In 1912, he was enrolled in a military academy in Zhejiang. Upon graduation in 1914, he served as a platoon then a company commander in Zhejiang. In 1915, he was transferred to the regional military headquarters in Guangdong Province. In 1921, he served as Dr. Sun Yatsen's deputy chief of staff with the rank of colonel. He participated in the various campaigns by the Nationalist military against regional warlords in the 1920s rising to regimental command with a training unit in Oct 1924. In Jan 1927, he was promoted to the rank of major general. In Oct 1927, he was named the commanding officer of the Chinese 1st Division; two months later, he took on a concurrent role as the deputy commanding officer of the 1st Corps. In Jul 1928, he was reassigned to the 9th Division as its commander. In the early 1930s, he participated in the campaigns against Chinese communists in Jiangxi Province and in Shanghai. He was promoted to the rank of general second class in Apr 1935, and in Nov of the same year he was named a member of the Chinese Nationalist Party Central Executive Committee. In Jul of the following year, he was named a member of the defense committee. In Dec 1936, he returned to military command to assault communist forces in Shaanxi Province. He was briefly interned alongside of Chiang Kaishek during the Xi'an Incident of 1936, and was chosen as Chiang's messenger to deliver the news of Chiang's captivity to the Nationalist Party leadership; Jiang would return to Xi'an as a member of the negotiation party.​

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In Oct 1937, after the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out, Jiang was named the commanding officer of the 4th Army and was placed in charge of Fujian Province. In Jun 1938, he was named the chairman of Shaanxi Province. In Nov 1938, he was given command of the 34th Army while still retaining his position at the head of Shaanxi Province. In Feb 1939, he was given command of the 10th War Area. In May 1941, he was named the director of the Xi'an office of the military committee. In Jan 1942, he was named the commander of the Chinese 1st War Area; he established his headquarters in Luoyang, China. He was relieved of his field command in Jul 1944 as the generals under his command were unable to halt Japanese advances during Operation Ichigo, losing the city of Luoyang and allowing a retreat to fall apart so much that one of his army group commanders, General Li Jiayu, was killed by Japanese small arms fire. In the temporary capital of Chongqing, he sat out the remainder of the war in the rear as a member of the military committee. In late 1945, he resigned from the military and became a businessman in Shanghai, China, opening a brick factory and a shipping company.

After the war, Jiang visited Europe and the United States between Jan and Oct 1947, returning to Shanghai in Feb 1948. In 1948, he was elected into the National Assembly. In Aug 1948, he relocated to the island of Taiwan as the communists defeated the Nationalists in the Chinese Civil War. He passed away in Taipei, Taiwan in 1974.​

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Service.

1924-XX-XX – 1925-XX-XX Instructor at Huangpu (Whampoa) Military Academy
1925-XX-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 1st Instruction Regiment
1925-XX-XX – 1927-XX-XX Commanding Officer 5th Regiment, 2nd Division, 1st Army
1927-XX-XX Commanding General Headquarters Regiment, National Revolutionary Army
1927-XX-XX Commanding Officer Nanjing Garrison Regiment
1927-XX-XX Commanding Officer Eastern Zhejiang Garrison Command
1927-XX-XX – 1928-XX-XX Commanding Officer 1st Division, 1st Army
1928-XX-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 1st Army
1928-XX-XX – 1929-XX-XX Commanding Officer 9th Division
1929-XX-XX – 1931-XX-XX Commanding Officer 2nd Army
1931-XX-XX – 1932-XX-XX Commander in Chief 4th Army Corps
1932-XX-XX – 1933-XX-XX Commanding Officer Southern Section, Tianjin-Pukou Railroad Garrison Command
1932-XX-XX – 1933-XX-XX Commanding Officer Yangtze River Denfence Forces
1933-XX-XX – 1934-XX-XX Commanding Officer Northern Route Bandit Suppression Army
1934-XX-XX Commanding Officer Eastern Route Bandit Suppression Army
1934-XX-XX – 1936-XX-XX Commanding Officer Fujian Pacification Headquarters
1936-XX-XX – 1937-XX-XX Commanding Officer Frontline, Northwestern Bandit Suppression Army
1937-XX-XX Commander in Chief 4th Army Group
1937-XX-XX – 1938-XX-XX Director of the Generalissimo's Xian Field Headquarters
1938-XX-XX – 1939-XX-XX Chairman of Shaanxi Provincial Government
1938-XX-XX – 1939-XX-XX Commanding Officer Xian Pacification Headquarters
1938-XX-XX – 1939-XX-XX Commander in Chief 34th Army Group
1939-XX-XX – 1941-XX-XX Commander in Chief 10th War Area
1941-XX-XX – 1942-XX-XX Director Xian Office, Military Commission
1942-XX-XX – 1944-XX-XX Commander in Chief 1st War Area
1944-XX-XX – 1945-XX-XX Member of the Military Advisory Council
1945-XX-XX Retired
1945-XX-XX Member, Central Executive Committee, Nationalist Party
1948-XX-XX Delegate to the National Congress
1948-XX-XX – 1949-XX-XX Member, Strategic Advisory Committee
1949-XX-XX Member, Inspection & Reorganization Commission, Southeastern Area, Ministry of National Defense
1949-XX-XX Leaves for Taiwan

National Policy Advisor, President's Office
Member, Planning Commission for the Recovery of the Mainland
 
1st class Order of the Sacred Tripod/Order of the Precious Tripod No.20.

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1st class Order of the Cloud and Banner No. 28.

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2nd class Order of the Cloud and Banner No. 18.



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Order Of Victory Of Resistance Against Aggression No. 26 established on October 10, 1945.
One of only 94 orders of first type.

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Medal for Victorious Garrison 1st Class 1st Grade No. 3393.

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Medal of the Armed Forces 1st Class, 1st Grade No. 1663.

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Tenth Anniversary of the Oath-taking of the National Revolutionary Army Commemorative Medal.

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Medal for the Lu Shan Summer Training Regiment, 1937.

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A 1936 Xi'an Incident Commemorative Medal.

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The Xi'an Incident, previously romanized as the Sian Incident, was a political crisis that took place in Xi'an, Shaanxi in 1936. Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the Nationalist government of China, was detained by his subordinate generals Chang Hsüeh-liang (Zhang Xueliang) and Yang Hucheng, in order to force the ruling Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang or KMT) to change its policies regarding the Empire of Japan and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

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Order of Loyalty and Diligence No. 56.

It was created on 23 September 1944 for person who contributes 10 years' service in the military and meeting academic criteria.

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50th Birthday of Chiang Kai-shek Commemorative Medal, 1936.

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Lushan Summer Training Commemorative Medal.

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Sun Yat Sen 100th birthday celebration commemorative medal.

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Medal of Freedom with silver palm.

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Medal of Freedom was a decoration established by President Harry S. Truman in 1945 and was awarded for "A meritorious act or service which has aided the United States in the prosecution of a war against an enemy or enemies and for which an award of another United States medal or decoration is considered inappropriate".​

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