Young’s Auctions is offering a Chinese Imperial Order of the Double Dragon award estimated at £8000-10,000 in its April 28 auction at West Horsley near Guildford, Surrey.
The 4th class honour, from 1882-1902, was bestowed on English engineer Harry Sait (1857-1940), who worked for and was involved in re-equipping the Imperial Chinese Navy in the 1880s. The order – housed in its original hardwood presentation carrying case – is accompanied by the award document, diaries, notebooks and ephemera compiled by Sait relating to his time in China.