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United States. An Order of the Dragon to Captain Hughes, Personal Staff of Major General Chaffee

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United States. An Order of the Dragon to Captain Hughes, Personal Staff of Major General Chaffee

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United States. An Order of the Dragon to Captain Hughes, Personal Staff of Major General Chaffee

A Military Order of the Dragon Medal Awarded to Captain Michael E. Hughes, Medical Department: Blackened bronze with a gold-coloured gilt, engraved "CAPT. M.E. HUGHES U.S.A 112." on the reverse, 36 mm, swivel suspension, missing its Pagoda top, replacement ribbon, contact marks evident on the reverse, better than very fine.

Footnote: Michael Edward Hughes was an Acting Assistant Surgeon (Lieutenant) in the Medical Department and an officer of the Medical Corps at Peking, attached to the Personal Staff of Major General Adna R. Chaffee, Commanding, during the China Relief Expedition of 1900. He later achieved the rank of Captain.