4th class Golden Kite and 5th class Rising Sun Orders posthumously awarded in 1938 to Japanese Ace Ryohei Ushioda

Early China Incident posthumous awarding. Ryohei Ushioda /潮田良平/ was one of so-called "Four Kings" of the Japanese military aviation, the "Treasure of Air Combat" with a record of six downed aircrafts. He was also known under the nickname "Red Samurai".

Source.

4th class Golden Kite order.

Original case.

Miniature button rosette.

Document is dated by the day of death January 7, 1938.

 

5th class Rising Sun order awarded on the same day.