The Order of Wen-Hu (English – The Order of the
Striped Tiger
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) was an award for military or naval service awarded by the
Republic of China
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. It was issued in five classes. The badge showed a striped tiger in natural colours on a central medallion. During
World War I, a large number of Chinese served with both the
Chinese Labour Corps and the
Royal Army Medical Corps
The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all Army personnel and their families, in war and in peace. The RAMC, the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, the Royal Army Dental Corps a ...
, and many British officers, particularly in those two corps, received the order.
The majority were issued in February 1920.
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Notable recipients
*British Major R. V. C. Bodley
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Sir Osmond de Beauvoir Brock
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*U.S. Navy Officer Walter S. Crosley
Walter Selwyn Crosley (30 October 1871 – 6 January 1939) was an officer in the United States Navy. He was a recipient of the Navy Cross, the second highest military decoration for valor. He subsequently advanced to the rank of rear admira ...
*British Colonel Bryan Fairfax
*Lieutenant General Sir Humfrey Myddelton Gale
*Japanese General Tanaka Giichi
*U.S. Admiral Albert Gleaves
*British Brigadier General Frederick Kisch[
*British Field Marshal Frederick Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan]Norman Wodehouse
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*Marshal Chang Tso-lin
Zhang Zuolin (; March 19, 1875 June 4, 1928), courtesy name Yuting (雨亭), nicknamed Zhang Laogang (張老疙瘩), was an influential Chinese bandit, soldier, and warlord during the Warlord Era in China. The warlord of Manchuria from 1916 to ...
, Tuchun of Manchuria
References
Military awards and decorations of China
Orders, decorations, and medals of the Republic of China
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