Annam, Nguyen Dynasty, Emperor Bao Dai Era. A Special Decoration (Kim Tien), I Class Archive Contained within fitted titled lacquer

Contained within fitted titled lacquer case of issue

with 1 Clasp - Waziristan 1894-5

Four Hundred and Eighty Dollars per annum

Authored by Werner March and published in 1936 by Deutscher Kunstverlag Berlin

Footnote: Gordon Henry Ferguson was born in Montreal

Annam, Nguyen Dynasty, Emperor Bao Dai Era. A Special Decoration (Kim Tien), I Class Archive Contained within fitted titled lacquer(Sapque d'Honneur, 1re classe) Circular silver gilt medal on laterally pierced ball suspension; the face with a circular central medallion bearing Chinese characters within a border of Annamese dragons and stylised clouds; the reverse with a flaming sun centrally surrounded by six roundels, each bearing a Chinese character, all within a beaded border; diameter 36mm (1. 42 inches); on original ribbon with marks of French style mouting. The Special