金鵄勲章

Classical posthumous group of awards for the Manchurian Incident /see also https://asiamedals.info/threads/6th-class-order-of-the-rising-sun-and-6th-class-order-of-the-auspicious-clouds-awarded-posthumous-to-army-doctor-of-1st-class-captain-in-1934.27924/ /. All awards were issued to the Army...

7th class Golden Kite of different type issued for the Battle of Mukden https://asiamedals.info/threads/7th-class-golden-kite-and-8th-class-rising-sun-orders-awarded-in-1905-for-the-battle-of-mukden.25271/ and...

Document. Kite No. 38 201 was awarded on April 1, 1906 to Commander Hashimoto Matakichiro/橋本又吉郎/. Emperor Meiji signature. Original case.

"Triangle wing" variation. Awarded on April 1, 1906. Doc No.16 284. 陸軍歩兵上等兵 - Army Infantry Superior Soldier 鈴木三五郎 - Sangoro Suzuki

Both orders were awarded on April 1, 1906 to former army infantry sergeant Sutejiro Morita /元陸軍歩兵軍曹森田捨次郎/. 7th class Golden Kite order. Case. Document. Kite No. 61 359

Posthumous group. Awarded on September 17, 1938 (date of death) to 中谷隆雄 - Takao Nakatani. Kite No. 199 041 ]

Exellent reference award group. 5th class Golden Kite order. Awarded on April 1, 1906 to Infantry Major /歩兵少佐/ Eitaro Ikeuchi /i池内英太郎/. Classical early order type that was awarded during 1895-1906 time period. It is also the most common type awarded for the Russo-Japanese War.

Both order were issued to Superior Soldier on March 10, 1905. The Battle of Mukden /奉天会戦 - Hōten Kaisen/ one of the largest land battles to be fought before World War I and the last and the most decisive major land battle of the Russo-Japanese War, was fought from 20 February to 10 March 1905...

Awarded on January 17, 1942. Payment document. Document for the KIA badge for his next of kin issued March 10, 1944.

The Battle of Mukden /奉天会戦 - Hōten Kaisen/ one of the largest land battles to be fought before World War I and the last and the most decisive major land battle of the Russo-Japanese War, was fought from 20 February to 10 March 1905 between Japan and Russia near Mukden in Manchuria. The city is...

Photos courtesy of the owner. Posthumously awarded on September 23, 1939 to Hitoshi Okada /岡田一四/. Document No. 227 647. Cavalier. Extract from a 1941 book listing Japanese soldiers KIA in China Incident. Holder of the 5th Class Golden Kite and 7th Class Rising Sun. Okada Hitoshi...

Interesting privately purchased specimen. Gilded silver, enamel. Size 42 mm x 46 mm (h - inclusive of its ball suspension). Hollmarked on the reverse with a stylized V denoting a Netherlands tax paid mark for imported silvermark from 1908-1953 time period. '

Rare late war posthumous awarding. Document is dated October 30, 1944. Kite No. 473 027. Awarded to Yoshio Ōkawa /大川善雄/ (at the time of death he was only chief petty officer). On October 30, 1944 a group of 11 Zero (six kamikaze attack planes and five escort planes) attacked the...

Early classical Meiji era badge. Case. Document. Hand-signed by Emperor Meiji. Issued to the colonel Torazo Kawasaki /川崎寅三/ commander of the 30th Infantry Regiment https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/歩兵第30連隊 Document No. 41 795. Colonel Torazo Kawasaki. 30th Infantry Regimental...

Reference set of awards issued to the participant of the Russo-Japanese War. Classical early "triangle wing" variation of kite. Issued on September 14, 1904 to 海軍二等機關兵曹 - Navy Machinist's Mate 2nd Class 佐藤助作 - Satō Sukesaku (or Sukedzukuri). Most likely Kite was issued for the Battle of...

Full set. Original case. Miniature rosette. Document issued on April 29, 1940. Document No. 266 063. Thanks to original payment document (for 4000 yens) we know that cavalier hold rank of Lieutenant-commander /海軍少佐/.

issued on August 4, 1938. Document No. 171 552.

Classical set from Showa era. Badge and breast star. Original short article. Source.

Etalon specimen. Original case. Inscription in silver kanji. Issued on May 16, 1941 to the Infantry First Lieutenant 小室武 - Takeshi Komuro. Details. Watermark.

Rare early Russo-Japanese War awarding with rare type of Kite. It is known that the same variation was issued in 1905 for the Battle of Tsushima. Judging by the condition of the badge this could be a posthumous award. Issued on November 28, 1904. 5 722 Kite that was issued since the...