Grand Marshal Count Terauchi Masatake/元帥陸軍大将 寺内正毅

Gensui Count Terauchi Masatake/寺内 正毅; 5 February 1852 – 3 November 1919/, was a Japanese military officer and politician.[1] He was a Gensui (or Marshal) in the Imperial Japanese Army and the Prime Minister of Japan from 1916 to 1918.​

Rare signed cabinet photo.

 

Japanese decorations.

1892 – Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class
1894 – Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class
1895 – Order of the Golden Kite, 3rd class
1895 – Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class
1899 - Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class
1901 – Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
1901 – Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class
1906 – Order of the Golden Kite, 1st class
1906 – Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers
1919 – Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum (posthumous)

Foreign decorations (partial list)

1886 – France - Legion of Honor, Chevalier
1891 – France - Legion of Honor, Officer
1894 – Ottoman Empire - Order of the Medjidie, Commander
1897 – Order of Saint Stanislaus - Russia - Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class
1897 – France - Legion of Honor, Commander
1906 – Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) (15 March 1906)
1907 – Annam - Order of the Dragon of Annam, Commander

 

Rare photo with St. Stanislaus order for Non-Christians and three-place medals bar "im deutschen Stil" https://asiamedals.info/threads/japanese-medal-bars-mounted-im-deutschen-stil.11847/

Circa 1897-1900.

Here Non-Christian medallion of the St. Stanislaus order breast star is clearly visible. Note also an Imperial Chinese Double Dragon order breast star.

 

 

Note Grand Cross breast star of the Prussian Red Eagle with Diamonds and Korean Grand Order of the Auspicious Stars breast star https://asiamedals.info/forums/grand-order-of-the-auspicious-stars.501/.

 

Later days /1916-1919/.