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Auction: 14002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 435

China, Empire, Order of the Double Dragon, 1st type, Second Class, Third Grade Star, by Bogdanov, St. Petersburg, 93mm, silver (88 zolotniki), silver-gilt and enamel, with red carved coral at centre, maker's mark, 1865-1896 assay office mark and silver mark on reverse, extremely fine, rare

Referenced in Gustav A. Tammann's book Imperial Russian Maker's Marks on Orders and Decorations. Under the entry for Mikhail Bogdanov: "Star of rather good workmanship of the transitional type of the Order of the Double Dragon, 2nd Class 3rd Grade with the St. Petersburg assay office mark, the maker's mark MB and the hallmark for the unusual fineness 88 zolotniki - Auction catalogue Hermann Historica, Munich April 1993"

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