China, Republic. An Order of the Striped Tiger, VII Class Province of China in pressed leather (Esoplast)

in pressed leather (Esoplast)

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as well as a date stamp “D8” for manufacture in 1930

a thin loop attached to the end of the braided portion

China, Republic. An Order of the Striped Tiger, VII Class Province of China in pressed leather (Esoplast)(Tiown h xnzhng). Instituted in 1912. Three piece construction, illustrating a striped tiger in yellow, brown, light blue and green enamels on the centrepiece, mounted to an eight pointed star, each star point with six emanating rays, with a cluster of three stars affixed to the star point at 12 o'clock designating the award as a VII Class Knight, all of which is mounted to an eight pointed star base, with each of the star points in red, blue, yellow,