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№ 680

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22 July 2015

Hammer Price:
£700

China, Republic, Order of the Golden Grain, 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in case of issue, no ribbon, enamel damage to obverse centre, otherwise very fine £200-250

Attributed to Mr H. Logan Russell for service in the Chinese Maritime Customs Service. With newspaper cutting (South China Morning Post, 27 January 1923) reporting that Mr Russell was retiring from the Service on account of ill-health after nearly 26 years living and working in China.

The lot being sold on behalf of ‘Oxfam’.