An D.s.v. Tientsin Badge China Badge Buy Now 1918 and returned to France

1918 and returned to France

small chip in the centrepiece ring on the obverse

magnetic pin and catch

in solid silver (marked 900 on the edge)

Attached to scabbard is a hanger

An D.s.v. Tientsin Badge China Badge Buy Now 1918 and returned to FranceIn bronze and enamels, 18mm, in extremely fine condition. Very rare. Footnote: Tientsin, China had made concessions to European powers in the 1920 30s, and had something of a tradition of Europeans living and working there. Germans school existed in Tientsin in 1930s, and German Nazi influence was considerable; Hitler Youth had a small organization in Tientsin, and no doubts other, similar, pro Nazi organizations, albeit very small, existed.