United States. A Sino-American Order of the Imperial Dragon, c.1900 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with date erased and re-dated

with date erased and re-dated

Illinois in a CNT Instructors Course and two weeks at New Castle Army Air Force in Wilmington

the cemetery located twelve kilometres west of Ieper (Ypres)

A “Flieger Erinnerungsabzeichen”

The front center of the cap features a machine woven national eagle in a golden/yellow threads on a embroidered tan rayon backer

United States. A Sino-American Order of the Imperial Dragon, c.1900 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with date erased and re-dated(Order of the Imperial Dragon, Bronze Decoration). Constructed of bronze gilt, with a voided tilted square in the centre, on a fixed loop and swivel ring for suspension from its period original ribbon with a leftward facing elongated dragon pinback suspension, the obverse with the letters C. R. E and the date 1900 in simulated Chinese character strokes, surrounded by the inscription Not to Conquer but to Save, the reverse number impressed 377,