Yuan Shikai, the provisional president of the Republic of Tibet, awarded a set of Jiahe Medals of the First Class
China's reward system was founded in the late Qing Dynasty. After the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, the Beiyang government was established, and Yuan Shikai became the provisional president of the Republic of China. At the same time, the two most famous medals of the Beiyang government came into being: the Order of Jiahe and the Order of Wenhu.
Statue of Yuan Shikai
The Order of the Wenhu Is awarded to those who have made meritorious service or hard work in the Army and Navy; the Order of Jiahe is awarded to those who have meritorious service to the state or have meritorious service to learning and career.
Main Medal of the Order of Jiahe, First Class (diameter 9.5cm)
Jiahe is the rice that grows particularly strongly, and the ancients regarded the Jiahe pattern as a symbol of auspiciousness. The Order of Jiahe is silver-plated throughout, gold or silver octagonal, with an unequal number of rays between the horns, and a golden Jiahe pattern on a white background in the center of the circle, painted with a stem and five ears of Jiahe, and its color is yellow and green. The rounded edges are green or blue backgrounds with eight sets of five-color dot patterns. Copper enamel multilayer structure.
The main medal of the Order of Jiahe first class (back) has the seal of the Manufacturing Bureau
The back of the main chapter has the stamp of the production bureau, the back of the secondary medallion has a red background, and there is a four-character seal book of "Jiahe Medal" in the middle. The right to wear the medal may be enjoyed for life, except when deprived or stopped.
The front (left) and back (right) of the Order of Jiahe, First Class, have a diameter of 6 .6cm and a total length of 11 cm
This set of medals was purchased by Xingding in France from the descendants of Shahe, and was a first-class Medal of Commendation issued by Yuan Shikai to Mr. Shahe, the French Governor in Vietnam in the third year of the Republic of China (1914), with a commendation license.
Commendation license 53.7 ×70cm
Yuan Shikai signed it himself
The right side of the commendation license reads: "The Great President of the Greater Republic of China hereby presents the First Class Jiahe Medal of the First Class of the French Governor in Vietnam to show his kinship, and the Greater Republic of China decreed on February 28, 2003. The "Great Presidential Seal" Zhu Yin of the "Middle Presidential Seal" is a zhu seal, and the next book is signed by the three characters of "Yuan Shikai". The book on the left reads, "Issued on April 27, 2003, The Director of the Quansu Bureau, Xia Shoukang, Xianzi No. 2." And the four characters of "Director Of Quansu" are printed. It is surrounded by lace.
License letter
Albert-Pierre Sarraut
Shahe, French name Albert-Pierre Sarraut (common translations: Albert-Pierre Salro, Albert Salo, Albert Saro, Shahe). Bordeaux (28 July 1872 – Paris, 26 November 1962) – Radical Socialist Politician of the French Third Republic, known for his colonial policies and enlightened rule during his tenure as Governor of French Vietnam. In 1911, the Nguyen Dynasty court made Saro the King of Fu Nang. He served as Prime Minister twice during the Period of the French Third Republic (106th and 113th). Hitler's adventurous march into the Rhine occurred during his tenure.
Born into an important Radical family, which was owned by the Toulouse Telegraph, he graduated from the Public Secondary School of Carcassonne and the Faculty of Law of the University of Toulouse, and later became a lawyer as a member of the House of Representatives (1902-1924), he served as Deputy Minister of State (1906-1909), Deputy Minister of The Army (1909-1910), Minister of Education (1914-1915), and twice Governor-General of Indochina (1911-1914, 1916-1919）。 During his governorship, he pursued an enlightened policy, increasing the proportion of locals among civilian officials, endorsing the use of local languages and laws, and continuing the public works policies of his predecessor, Paul Dume. As Minister of Colonization (1920-1924, 1932-1933), he sought to coordinate French colonial policies and promote the development of overseas possessions.
He has published two books, The Progress of the French Colony (1923) and Glory and Slavery of Colonization (1933).
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Vietnamese governor and other French people visited the Nguyen Dynasty Imperial Palace, which was not allowed to be entered by outsiders.
At this time, Vietnam was under French colonial rule, in 1912, the leader of the radical faction of the Vietnamese National Democratic Revolution, Phan Pei Chu, and Nguyen Trịn Trần Trịn Trịnh attempted to assassinate the Vietnamese governor Sha Ho and fled to China; in 1913, the Vietnamese governor Sha Ha visited China and cooperated with Yuan Shikai's government; in July 1913, Sha Ha came to Guangzhou and demanded that the Governor of Guangdong and the Yunnan warlord Long Ji Quang arrest Phan Phan Phu Thieu and Nguyen Đồng (in 1912, Phan Pei Chu Nguyen Hai Chen plotted to assassinate Sha Luo in Vietnam) and extradited to China to the Beiyang government Pan Peizhu was arrested on 24 December.
In 1914, Yuan Shikai awarded this medal to Shahe.
From this set of medals, it can be seen that after Yuan Shikai became the provisional president of the Beiyang government, in order to consolidate his political power and then restore the imperial system, he vigorously co-opted Western countries and adopted a soft policy toward the outside world.
Appendix 1:
Xia Shoukang (1871~1923), also known as Zhongying, was a native of Cangbu, Huanggang (now part of Longwangdun, Cangbu Street, Xinzhou District, Wuhan). Xia Shoukang was raised by his mother and brother, and guangxu was selected in the township examination in the twenty-third year (1897), and the following year he went to Beijing to try to enter the army and the first, and was awarded the Hanlin Academy for editing. In March 1912, he was appointed as the officer of the "Bulletin of the Powerful Country" (written); in June, he was appointed as the director of the Hubei Internal Affairs Department; in October, he was appointed as the director of the Bureau of Civil Affairs. In September of the following year, he was transferred to the Director of the Quansu Bureau of the State Council of the Beijing Government. He successively held important positions such as the Governor's Office, the Director General of the Hubei Internal Affairs Department, the Secretary-General of the Presidential Office, and the Governor of Hubei Province, and died in Beijing in 1923 due to illness.
Appendix 2:
Quan Xu Bureau, one of the internal organs of the State Council during the Beiyang government. According to the provisions of the "Official System of the Quansu Bureau" promulgated on July 20, the first year of the Republic of China (1912 AD), the office is responsible for the following matters: First, the appointment and dismissal of the recommended official or above and their resumes; 2. Civil Service Examination; (c) giving and providing pensions; 4. Awarded by Honor; 5. Acceptance and use of foreign medals. The three-year (1914 AD) revised official system on February 1 added two items: 6. Promotion of civilian officials; 7. Meritorious service appraisal. There is one director as the chief officer, one secretary, four ministers, and eight chiefs. On May 17, the third year of the Republic of China (1914 AD), the State Council was abolished, the Presidential Office was established, and the Quanshu Bureau was changed to the Government Affairs Hall, and its office was modified, in addition to the same as the above two, three and five lines, there are the following items: First, the appointment and dismissal of civilian officials; 2. Promotion of civilian officials; 3. Examination of civil servant qualifications; 4. Registration and billing of depository personnel; 5. Performance appraisal; 6. Awarding of titles, medals, honors, etc. For the personnel of the Bureau, two additional counsellors were added, and the remaining posts were slightly increased. Within the bureau, there are six sections: The Clerk, the Dian Examination, the Grace, the Honor, the Medal, and the Shu Affairs Section, each with one section chief and several section members. In the early stage of the provisional executive government, there was no State Council, and the Quansu Bureau was changed to the provisional executive government. After the restoration of the State Council, the Quansu Bureau still belongs to the State Council. The State Council of the Beijing military government also set up a narrative bureau.