1866 Campaign Cross
An additional letter “K” is stamped onto the spine
dual maker marked with a crown above a large "M" flanking a crown above an "RC" on the side of the pommel
It grinds my mother’s gears
ten days shy of his nineteenth birthday
Mongolia, People’s Republic. An Order of the Polar Star and an Honorary Medal of Combat Province of China 1866 Campaign CrossAn Order of the Polar Star, Type III. (Altan Gadas Odon ). Instituted in 1936. A six pointed silver gilt star of multi piece construction, with red, white, yellow, and ultramarine blue enamels, screwback variant with matching backing plate, numbered 3165 on the reverse, measuring 46. 3 mm (w) x 53. 2 mm (l), weighing 52. 19 grams, with the enamels very well preserved, in extremely fine condition. An Honorary Medal of Combat. (Instituted May 16th,