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  1. 1st class Rising Sun order awarded in 1940 to Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

    On display at Veste Coburg /also known as the “Franconian Crown”, it was first mentioned in a document in 1056. In 1353 it fell to the House of Wettin and as a building of strategic importance was expanded to create an almost impregnable castle. It still dominates the surrounding countryside and...
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  2. 2nd class Rising Sun order awarded to Lieutenant General Sir Hugh Jamieson Elles

    2nd class set was awarded sometime around 1920. Photos courtesy of Alexey, S.P.B. On display at Bovington Tank Museum.
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  3. 3rd class Rising Sun order awarded in 1966 to Chojiro Kuriyama

    Chojiro Kuriyama (栗山長次郎; September 7, 1896 - July 8, 1971) was a journalist, businessman and politician /,ember of the House of Representatives/. He was born in Tokyo as Seijiro Kuriyama's eldest son. In 1917 he graduated from Aoyama Normal School. He then studied in the United States and...
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  4. 3rd class Rising Sun order awarded in 1940 to Kazunari Funabashi

    Classical full set awarded on April 29, 1940 (standard date for China Incident awards). Full and reduced ribbons. Button rosette. Case has silver kanji https://asiamedals.info/threads/silver-kanji-vs-gold-kanji-lettering-on-the-lids-of-the-japanese-order-cases.26112 Original...
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  5. 1st class Rising Sun orders made by Hirata workshop

    1st class Rising Sun Order awarded on February 11, 1877 https://asiamedals.info/threads/collar-and-grand-cordon-of-the-order-of-the-chrysanthemum-and-other-awards-of-marquess-okuma-shigenobu.11795/#post-188517 平田彦四郎造 - made by Hirata Hikoshiro.
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  6. 7th class Rising Sun order document issued in 1878 to Army Sergeant Yasuyoshi Shioi

    Early document No. 3254 awarded on December 28, 1878 to army sergeant Yasuyoshi Shioi /塩井保義/. Early decal.
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    • 7th class rising sun order document japanese rising sun award certificate japanese rising sun order rising sun order document rising sun order document issued in 1878 勳七等旭日章 旭日章
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  7. 5th class Rising Sun order awarded in 1970

    Exemplary full set.
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  8. 1st class Rising Sun order posthumously awarded to Lieutenant-General Tomosaburō Shimada in 1973

    Interesting and rare post-war award. Lieutenant-General Shimada, Tomosaburō /島田朋三郎/ (12th of March 1882; 4th of September 1945). Promotions 1942-04-01 Major-General 1944-03-01 Lieutenant-General Service 1938-07-15 – 1939-09-12 Judge Advocate General, 4th Army 1939-09-12...
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    • 1st class rising sun order 1st class rising sun order posthumously awarded japanese award document japanese rising sun order japanese rising sun order document lieutenant-general tomosaburō shimada award rising sun order certificate 勳一等旭日大綬章 島田朋三郎 旭日大綬章 旭日章
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  9. 3rd class Rising Sun order awarded to Isaac Albert Mosse in 1890

    Isaac Albert Mosse (1 October 1846 – 31 May 1925) was born into a prominent Jewish family in Grätz, in Prussia's Grand Duchy of Posen. His father, Dr. Markus Mosse, was a noted physician, and the most distinguished of his six brothers was Rudolf Mosse. Mosse attended the gymnasiums in Lissa...
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    • 3rd class rising sun order 3rd class rising sun order awarded in 1890 case for foreigners isaac albert mosse japanese order cases for foreigners japanese rising sun order rising sun order awarded to isaac albert mosse 勲三等旭日章 旭日章
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  10. 5th class Rising Sun orders made by Hirata workshop

    Full set. Original case. 平田彦四郎造 - made by Hikoshirō Hirata.
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  11. 6th class Rising Sun Orders in Early Square Lacquer Case

    6th class. Case.
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  12. Japanese Orders and Medals in Paper Wrappings

    During first quarter of XIX century at least two Japanese private medal workshops used paper wrappings: Hirata workshop and Namikawa workshop. "Made by mint" paper wraps first appeared somewhere around 1929. You will find them inside the cases for 1928 Showa Enthronement Medals. 1930...
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  13. 8th class Rising Sun Orders in Early Square Lacquer Case

    8th class with document issued in 1879. https://asiamedals.info/threads/8th-class-rising-sun-order-in-early-square-lacquer-case-from-1879.18106/ 8th class.
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  14. Non-standard 5th class Rising Sun order in Hirata workshop case

    Unusual piece. Standard case for early orders made by Hirata workshop. 平田彦四郎造 - made by Hirata Hikoshiro.
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  15. 8th class Rising Sun Order in Early Square Lacquer Case from 1879

    Rare full set from personal collection. Documenent issued on October 9, 1879 to 兵卒 - private (soldier); 上村三蔵 - Uemura Sanzō Numbered 6100. Details.
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