勲六等旭日章

  1. 6th class Rising Sun order posthumously awarded in 1969

    Another classical post war veteran awarding. Order was awarded on November 29, 1968.
  2. 6th class Rising Sun order awarded in 1995

    Note how high is the center medallion raised. Typical (and stable) feature of late Showa/early Heisei post-war orders from pre-2003 time period. Awarded on April 29, 1995 to 夏目仁 - Natsume Hitoshi (or Jin or Masashi). Watermark.
  3. 6th class Rising Sun order document issued in 1878 to Infantry Second Lieutenant

    Exemplary early Meiji era 6th class document with the image of first type "hingeless" order. Awarded on August 28, 1878 to army infantry second lieutenant Ten'yū Katsuji /田勝二天祐/. Rising Sun order No. 1021. Details. Seals. Watermark.
  4. Database of Orders of Rising Sun from 1980s/1990s

    5th class marked "?0". Regarding two-letter marks https://asiamedals.info/threads/two-letter-and-letter-digit-marks-on-japanese-orders-and-medals.13720/ 5th class marked "GC".
  5. Orders of Rising Sun with ひ mark

    Very rare mark. 7th class from personal collection. Kana ひ reads exactly as ヒ Hi Only in hiragana it is written as ひ and in katakana as ヒ. Derived from the kanji 比. Are these two hallmarks related? Have they been used by the same manufacturer? So far there is no answer to these...
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