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...
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meiji era 4th class rising sun
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order of the rising sun from meiji era
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Orders of the Precious Crown in Cases for a Foreigners https://asiamedals.info/threads/orders-of-the-precious-crown-in-cases-for-a-foreigners.27412/
Orders of the Sacred Treasure in Cases for a Foreigners https://asiamedals.info/threads/orders-of-the-sacred-treasure-in-cases-for-foreigners.10900...
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cases with paulownia flowers
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japanese case with paulownia flowers
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order of the rising sun
verleihungsetui für ausländer