Japanese Military Personnel with Imperial Korean Orders and Medals

Lieutenant General Yasumitsu Kin'ichi/安満欽一 陸軍中将

Kin'ichi Yasumitsu (April 2, 1871 - October 24, 1960) was born in Saga prefecture. Eldest son of Army Major Nobuyoshi Yasumitsu. After graduating from Tokyo Prefectural Junior High School, he graduated from the Military Academy (6th class) in February 1895. In May of the same year he was...

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Uknown sergeant major from 52nd Infantry Regiment with 6th class Order of the Eight Trigrams.

 

Unknown sergeant from the same 52nd Regiment with 6th class of Taeguk.

 

Sergeant from 52nd Infantry Regiment with 6th class Order of Taeguk.

 

Another sergeant major from 52nd Infantry Regiment with 6th class Order of the Eight Trigrams.

 

Excellent photo of unknown Major with 3rd class Order of the Eight Trigrams.

 

Captain in full dress uniform wearing 5th class Order of Taeguk.

 

Guards Major General (photo was made somewhere around 1926 - he is wearing mourning headband for the Emperor Taisho).

French Legion of Honour, Officier grade.
Imperial Russian 3rd class St.Stanislaus order for non-Christians.
Imperial Korean 4th class Taeguk order.

 

Colonel, commander of 19th Infantry Regiment with 5th class Order of the Eight Trigrams.

 

Rear Admiral Yamamoto Shinjirou/山本信次郎 海軍少将

An impressive variety of awards.

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Lieutenant General Yoda Hirotaro.

He was awarded with Emperor Yunghui Enthronement Commemorative Medal on July 2, 1908 (direct violation of rules of wearing - he placed it before Japanese medals https://asiamedals.info/threads/rul...se-imperial-awards-and-their-violators.24284/) and with 1st class order of Eight Trigrams on August 28, 1910.

 

Lieutenant General Makino Kiyoto /牧野淸人/ with 2nd class order of Eight Trigrams (awarded on November 27, 1905).

 

Lieutenant General Gaishi Nagaoka/長岡外史 陸軍中将

Gaishi Nagaoka (長岡 外史, May 13, 1858 - April 21 , 1933) Japanese air force commander and pioneer of aviation, whose mustache measured 20 inches from tip to tip, was born Suō Province in 1858. His father, San'emon Hori (堀 三右衛門, Hori Sanemon), was an adopted son of Nanyo Nagaoka (長岡 南陽, Nagaoka...

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Colonel Inamura, commander of the 25th infantry regiment with 3rd class Taeguk.
He is also wearing Prussian order of the Crown and Chinese Double Dragon order breast star.

 

 

Lieutenant General Nobutaro Umezaki/梅崎延太郎陸軍中将

Rare combination of awards. Two Korean orders with Chinese Striped Tiger in between + Swedish Royal Order of the Sword. Nobutaro Umezaki /梅崎延太郎/ (July 13, 1880 - April 24, 1964) graduated from the 12th class of the Military Academy and the 22nd class of the Army War College. Ranks...

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Private first class from 50th Infantry Regiment /from April 1906 until 1908 regiment was stationing in Korea/ with 7th class order of Eight Trigrams.

Close-up.

 

Vice Admiral Teragaki Izō /寺垣猪三, 22 February 1857 – 01 June 1938/ with the order of Eight Trigrams breast star.

 

Rear-Admiral Heitarō Takenouchi/竹内平太郎 海軍少将

Heitarō Takenouchi /竹内平太郎, Takenouchi Heitarō, February 6, 1863 – December 21, 1933/ was a Japanese Rear-Admiral during the Russo-Japanese War. He commanded the Nisshin throughout the war and was also known for delivering the Kasuga and Nisshin from Genoa to Yokosuka. Heitarō was born on...

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Admiral Saitō Makoto/斎藤実 海軍大将

Saitō Makoto /斎藤 実; 27 October 1858 – 26 February 1936/ was a Japanese naval officer and politician. Upon distinguishing himself during his command of two cruisers in the First Sino-Japanese War, Saitō rose rapidly to the rank of rear admiral by 1900. He was promoted to vice admiral during the...

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