japanese awards and decorations

  1. 7th class Rising Sun Order marked 美 awarded in 1920 to Infantry Sergeant

    Classical WW1/Siberia Intervention awarding. Marked 美 for Shobido workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/mark-on-japanese-orders-who-and-when.25816 Issued on November 1, 1920 to 呵部元信 - Kabu Motonobu
  2. Collar Badge of the Order of the Chrysanthemum from Showa epoch

    Gold. Width 55.07 mm. Height 74.88 mm (inclusive of suspension and integral suspension ring. Weigh 63.4 g.
  3. Educational Models of Japanese Orders/教育用勲章模型標本

    Interesesting and quite rare display.
  4. Privately Comissioned Cases for the Japanese Medal Bars

    Some of these were homemade while others were bought by the cavaliers from the private workshops and retailers.
  5. Imperial Russian Journal "Russian Pilgrim" on Order of Golden Kite in 1915

    Journal "Russian Pilgrim"/Журнал "Русскiй Паломникъ". Section "War". Military award of allied countries. It looks like 3rd class badge was used in this photo. Described as Japanese Order of the Golden Kite "For Valor" /Японский орден золотого коршуна "За доблесть"/.
  6. Medal of Honor Golden and Silver Bars for Additional Awards/飾版褒章

    Additional awards of the same Medal of Honor are represented by additional narrower silver bars, each engraved with the date of the award. For the sixth award an ornamental gold bar (made in gilded silver) without engraving is given in exchange for the last five silver bars that were awarded...
  7. Order of the Paulownia Flowers of Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

    About the cavalier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim Currently in the collection of Mannerheim Museum.
  8. Austro-Hungarian Miniature Groups with Japanese Orders and Medals

    Belong to the Austro-Hungarian observer of Russo-Japanese war. Adalbert Dani von Gyarmata und Magyar-Cséke or (another possibility) Erwin Franz. Judjing by the case it was made by V. Mayer's Söhne, Wien.
  9. 1st class Precious Crown Order of Queen Liliuokalani

    On June 23, 1892, at Iolani Palace, Her Majesty Queen Liliuokalani received from the Japanese Consul-General Taigo Masaki, The Grand Cross of the Imperial Japanese Order of the Crown. At the same time, 26 gentlemen received the Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure. The only known photo of this...
  10. Japanese Orders on European Ribbons

    4th class Sacred Treasure order with french made replacement ribbon.
  11. 1st Class Orders of Precious Crown/勲一等宝冠章

    1st class in the case for foreigners. https://asiamedals.info/threads/orders-of-the-precious-crown-in-cases-for-foreigners.27412/#post-362082 https://asiamedals.info/threads/1st-class-of-precious-crown-order-from-the-collection-of-washington-place-honolulu.22788/...
  12. Order of the Paulownia Flowers of the 24th Prime Minister of Japan Count Katō Takaaki

    Currently in private collections (photos courtesy of the owner). His Order of the Chrysanthemum https://asiamedals.info/threads/order-of-the-chrysanthemum-marked-with-hi-of-the-24th-prime-minister-of-japan-count-kato-takaaki.22930/ Issued on 14.07.1916 Case. Sash. Interesting home-made...
  13. Statistical description of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers

    Date / Number of document 11.09.1899 - 18 01.04.1906 - 29 22.11.1913 - 63 14.07.1916 - 72 27.01.1930 - 159 21.08.1971 - 246 29.04.1994 - 284 Separate numbering for foreigners 17.01.1917 - 74 29.07.1928 - 108 23.03.2015 - 145
  14. "Sick" Collar of the Order of the Chrysanthemum

    For typical "symptoms" see https://asiamedals.info/threads/when-japanese-orders-are-getting-sick.12614/
  15. Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum of George V

    King Edward VII was appointed to the Grand Cordon when Prince of Wales on 20 September 1886, and the investiture by Prince Komatsu on behalf of the emperor took place at Marlborough House on 7 December that year. He received the collar as king in 1902 and was therefore the first British...
  16. Orders of the Chrysanthemum from the collection of Мuseum of the Legion of Honour, Paris

    Museum have several sets of Grand Cordons in its collection. Grand Cordon set that was awarded to Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy-Aosta, Count of Turin. Silver, gilt, enamel. Sash badge height 106 mm. Sash badge weight 110 g. Breast star size 83 mm. Breast star weight 130 g. Prince...
  17. "Trident" Breast Stars of the Order of Rising Sun

    This type of construction was introduced by Japanese Mint in the late 1970s together with two-letter marks https://asiamedals.info/threads/two-letter-and-letter-digit-marks-on-japanese-orders-and-medals.13720/ All known breast stars of Rising Sun order (and Sacred Treasure order) of such...
  18. 1st class of Precious Crown Order of Queen Mary

    Gold, enamel. Size 85×50 mm. Sash size 135×8 cm.
  19. Orders of Precious Crown from the ex-collection of Albert Goodwin

    Dr. Goodwin had a successful career as an educator and prominent physician in New York as well as actively serving in both World Wars with the United States Medical Corps. He acted as both President and Vice-President of the Orders and Medals Society of America (OMSA) and is responsible for...
  20. Statistical Description of the Order of Precious Crown

    Date / Number of document 01.11.1888 - 1 01.04.1906 - 252/2052 10.08.1914 - 2 125 23.08.1915 - 2 129 07.11.1915 - 2 167 29.04.1940 - 2 559 03.11.1972 - 4 267 03.11.1978 - 5 276 29.04.1980 - 5 637 03.11.1981 - 5 952 29.04.1986 - 6 891 05.11.1986 - 7 125 18.11.1986 - 7 198 29.04.1987 - 7 216...
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