including a Certificate of Active Combat Participation, a Military Training Certificate for Recruits, and an Appointment Order issued by the Xiangdong Military District. Each document bears official seals and signatures, providing authentic records of military service, training, and appointments during the Republic of China era. Well-preserved and highly valuable for historical and military research, these documents offer insight into the organization and mobilization of the Nationalist forces during wartime China.

The document reports that former “enemy soldier” Dong Shuxiang, once part of a Kuomintang-affiliated force, was captured during the Battle of Taiyuan, re-educated, and subsequently enlisted in the People’s Liberation Army, earning the title of “People’s Liberation Soldier.” The letter instructs the local authorities to grant his family the same benefits as those of revolutionary soldiers and to award them an “Honor for Military Service” plaque. Well-preserved and highly significant, this document offers valuable insight into the PLA’s reeducation and propaganda practices during the final phase of the Chinese Civil War.

complete with its original stub. Such licenses were official certificates issued by the late Qing government to regulate and tax licensed opium dealers. This piece serves as an important historical document illustrating the Qing dynasty’s opium trade control and taxation system. Well-preserved and of significant archival and historical value.

in decent condition.

covering Manchou, Chihli, Peking and Tientsin region, and all of China. Finely executed with detailed markings of railways, provincial boundaries, and foreign concessions, reflecting the geographic and political landscape of late Ching to early Republican China from a Western perspective.