Grand Cordon of the Grand Order of the Orchid Blossom /unmarked/

Ex Fred Rockwood collection. Currently in the collection of Tallinn Museum of Orders of Knighthood.
Sash badge and breast star are both unmarked and have unpolished reverses (for a set marked with M see https://asiamedals.info/threads/gra...id-blossom-made-by-osaka-mint-marked-m.27506/)

Badge.

Silver, gilt, pearls, enamel.
Size 69.5 x 109 mm.

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Suspension.

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大勲位章 - Grand Order of Merit

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Unmarked vs. marked reverses comparison.

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Breast star.

Silver, gilt, pearls, enamel.
Size 88.5 mm.

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Same set under a different light.

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The very same set was published in 2000 in 3rd edition of James W. Peterson Orders and Medals of Japan and Associated States.

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Badge.

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Breast star.

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    dàxūnwèi lánhuā zhāng grand cordon of the grand order of orchid blossom grand order of the orchid blossom breast star grand order of the orchid blossom unmarked manchukuo award manchukuo grand order of the orchid blossom manchukuo highest award manchukuo highest order 大勲位蘭花大綬章 大勲位蘭花章
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