Admiral Togo Heihachiro/東郷平八郎 海軍大将

Marshal-Admiral Marquis Tōgō Heihachirō (東郷 平八郎, 27 January 1848 – 30 May 1934), served as a gensui or admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and became one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. As Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, he successfully confined the Russian Pacific naval forces to Port Arthur before winning a decisive victory over a relieving fleet at Tsushima in May 1905. Western journalists called Tōgō "the Nelson of the East".​

In "early days" between Boxer Rebellion and Russo-Japanese War.



Later.









Medal bar.

 

Passe-partout with interesting dedication.





From Admiral Togo то Ali Fuat Cebesoy.

Ali Fuat Cebesoy - Wikipedia

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With crew of brasilian training ship Benjamin Constant (http://www.naval.com.br/ngb/B/B038/B038.htm) in 1908.

Details.










Interestingly the captain of the brasilian ship Antônio Coutinho Gomes Pereira is awarded with the japanese Honour Medal.



Much later (when he will become vice-admiral and brasilian Navy minister) he is still wearing his japanese award.

Antônio Coutinho Gomes Pereira – Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre

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Visit to USA in 1911.

With Willard Herbert Brownson, William Parker Potter andc James J. Raby.

 

With different arrangement of breast stars.



He was awarded with russian St. Anna order on October 28, 1902 https://asiamedals.info/threads/1st...of-admiral-togo-heihachiro.27736/#post-362833

Medal bar.



Rare chance to observe the last medal (that is usually hidden under the epaulette) - Imperial Tour Commemorative Medal 1909 from Korean Empire.

 

Later days.

 

Group photo.
Visiting Manchuria after R-J war.

 

 

Interesting photo. Circa 1928.

Close-ups.