China, Republic. An Order Of The Striped Tiger, Vii Class Knight, C.1920 GTRexclude An early nickel SS enlisted

An early nickel SS enlisted man's belt buckle by "O & C ges

consisting of a central raised tri-colour cockade within a stylized oak leaf wreath

above a partially-legible inscription

USS Asheville received one battle star for her Second World War service

China, Republic. An Order Of The Striped Tiger, Vii Class Knight, C.1920 GTRexclude An early nickel SS enlisted(Tiown h xnzhng). Instituted in 1912. Three piece construction, illustrating a striped tiger in yellow, brown, light blue and green enamels on the centrepiece, mounted to an eight pointed star, each star point with six emanating rays, with a cluster of three stars affixed to the star point at 12 o'clock designating the award as a VII Class Knight, all of which is mounted to an eight pointed star base, with each of the star points in red, blue, yellow,