An Extremely Rare 1873 German Imperial Shanghai China Cross Hold With matching hangers

With matching hangers

clever tactical use of ground and the icy nerve

with crossed swords

with raised flat wire accents representing the veins of the wreath

base denoting branch

An Extremely Rare 1873 German Imperial Shanghai China Cross Hold With matching hangersGermany (Imperial), China (Tongzhi Imperial). "St. J. L. Germania Shanghai 1873" Cross Two piece construction, bronze gilt with red, white, pink, green, light blue, dark blue and black enamelled insignia, mounted to a bronze gilt cross with black enamelled arms, the insignia illustrating Germania (the personification of the German nation) holding a sword in her right hand and a shield in her left hand, inscribed "ST. J. L. GERMANIA SHANGHAI 1873" on