A Vietnamese Civil Merit Order; Officer Buy Now 1879 (#2045)

1879 (#2045)

It assumed the nature of a religious military Order

1902 Edward VII Coronation Medal - Bronze

Non-Combat - Measuring 31 mm

a proposed pattern submitted by well known maker of insignia IKOM Zagreb (design was not accepted however)

A Vietnamese Civil Merit Order; Officer Buy Now 1879 (#2045)A Vietnamese Civil Merit Order; Officer Silver gilt with black and white enamels, 43 mm, large rosette on an original ribbon, dual prong pinback, light contact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Sip Song Chau Tai (Twelve Provinces of the Dai) was an area in the north west of French Indochina, now Vietnam and was recognized by the French in 1890. The twelve lands expanded to nineteen lands by 1950, becoming the basis of the semi autonomous T'ai Federation