In full glory so to speak.
(full set of regulations concerning the Marshal Badge could be found here https://asiamedals.info/threads/original-regulations-of-marshal-badge-and-sword.22997/)
Close-up of line drawings.
Signature of Emperor Meiji and Great Seal of Japan.
Unique badge in solid gold.
Presented to King George V by Prince Higashi-Fushimi Yorihito on behalf of the Emperor Taisho on October 29, 1918.
King George V’s appointment to the rank of Field Marshal of the Imperial Japanese Army (gensui rikugun-taisho) followed the appointment of the Emperor...
Lord Kitchener received his marshal badge (together with Order of the Paulownia Flowers) during his visit to Japan in December 1909.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Kitchener,_1st_Earl_Kitchener
With Order of the Paulownia Flowers.
The term Gensui, which was used for both the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy, was at first a rank held by Saigō Takamori as the Commander of the Armies/陸軍元帥/Rikugun-gensui in 1872. However, in May 1873 Saigō was "demoted" to general, with gensui thereafter no longer a rank...