Japan, Empire. A Rare Meiji Period Order Of The Rising Sun, Grand Cordon, By Hirata, In Case And Box, C.1890 Buy Now stating that he had nine

stating that he had nine months' previous service with the 100th Winnipeg Grenadiers

a HJ Labour Youth badge

whose army seized Beijing and briefly reinstalled the last emperor of the Qing dynasty

crazing on the obverse and chipping on the reverse evident in the white enamels on the arm at 10 o'clock

A textbook example of a Luftwaffe Air Gunner badge by this maker

Japan, Empire. A Rare Meiji Period Order Of The Rising Sun, Grand Cordon, By Hirata, In Case And Box, C.1890 Buy Now stating that he had nine(). Instituted April 10, 1875 by the Japanese Government. Meiji Period (1868 1912). An early Grand Cordon Set, comprising a sash badge, presenting a large silver gilt eight point star with smooth white enamelled rays with cleft ends, the center medallion presents a beautiful red glass cabochon, reverse mirrors the obverse, suspended from a green and purple enamelled imperial pawlonia flower, reverse of the green enamel leaf on suspension presents an