kim bài

  1. Personal Kim Bai of the Emperor of Annam Khai Dinh

    Bài /牌, Plaque/ insignia has been in use in China and Annam for centuries. The earliest known were of ivory and apparently were worn as a badge of office. During the reign of Gia-Long about 1802, the Ngân-Bài, or silver plaque, is said to have been worn by members of the Co-Mat, or Secret...
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