China, Republic. An Order Of The Striped Tiger, Vii Class Knight, C.1920 GTRexclude USS Asheville received one battle

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

thirty Pips (twenty-one in bronze

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

Prior to the war he held an office job working as an administrative official

above a partially-legible inscription

China, Republic. An Order Of The Striped Tiger, Vii Class Knight, C.1920 GTRexclude USS Asheville received one battle(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,