(Waffen-SS M-43 Gebirgsjäger Dienstmütze)
after the occupation of Shanghai by the Japanese in November 1937
the reverse inscribed “Serviciu Credincios” (“Loyal Service”)
Two decades later
the obverse with a central black enameled mobile swastika on a white enameled background
China, Republic. An Order Of The Brilliant Star, I Class Case, C.1941 Buy Now (Waffen-SS M-43 Gebirgsjäger Dienstmütze)Instituted in 1941. Hardshelled design on both the lid and base, wooden framed, the exterior with a maroon dimpled cloth covering on all sides, a blue and white enamelled Republic of China sun insignia, resting upon a stylized plum blossom, framed by an open ended wreath and tied with a ribbon at its base, with an inscription in Chinese framed by the ends of the ribbon in gold coloured ink, inside lid lined in white satin, padded, marked and