4th class order of golden kite

  1. 4th class Order of Golden Kite awarded in 1906 to Major General Funabashi Yoshizo for the Russo-Japanese War

    Major General Funabashi Yoshizo bio https://asiamedals.info/threads/major-general-funabashi-yoshizo.26462/ His 3rd class Sacred Treasure https://asiamedals.info/threads/3rd-class-sacred-treasure-order-awarded-in-1914-to-major-general-funabashi-yoshizo.27372/ His 3rd class Order of the Striped...
  2. 4th class Order of Golden Kite awarded in 1942 to Army Captain

    Awarded on January 17, 1942. Payment document. Document for the KIA badge for his next of kin issued March 10, 1944.
  3. 4th class Order of Golden Kite awarded in 1944 for Kamikaze Attack on US Aircraft Carriers

    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...
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