Rare specimen from a personal collection. Awarded to an unknown French cavalier sometime before 1886.
Note unusual (most likely French-made) ribbon rosette. Original Japanese-made ribbon was originally issued without rosette since rosette would be introduced by the Imperial Decoration Bureau...
goldrayswithrosetterisingsunorder
japanese order in cases for foreigners
japanese order of risingsun
meiji era 4th class risingsunorder of the risingsunorder of the risingsun from meiji era
verleihungsetui für ausländer