China, Republic. An Order Of The Golden Grain, I Class Star, C.1925 Archive soiling evident on both the

soiling evident on both the back and front

marked Barrie on reverse

all three lugs intact)

inscribed in Latin "LEO XIII" at the left and "PONT MAX" to the right

marked on reverse maker logo of Gebrüder Schneider

China, Republic. An Order Of The Golden Grain, I Class Star, C.1925 Archive soiling evident on both the(Chia Ho Hsn Chang). Instituted July 29, 1912 by President Yuan Shih Kai. Type II. (1916 1928 Issue). An eight point silver gilt star with clusters of five faceted rays, an overlaid white enamel eight point star with an extending ray between each cluster of faceted rays, centre obverse presents five standing sheaves of grain in green and yellow enamel on white background, in a green enamel surround with red, blue, yellow and white enamel dots equally