Vice admiral with an officer cross of the order of the Crown of Italy. Most likely WW1 allied award.
Japanese Officers and Officials with Italian Awards
Admiral Uryū Sotokichi/瓜生外吉海軍大将
Admiral and Baron Uryū Sotokichi (瓜生 外吉, 2 January 1857 – 11 November 1937) was the second son of a samurai in service of Daishōji Domain (present day Daishōji in Ishikawa prefecture). He attended a mission school in Tsukiji, Tokyo and was converted to Protestantism in 1874. He became one of the...
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Lieutenant General Takateru Inagaki/稲垣孝照 陸軍中将
Lieutenant-General Takateru Inagaki /稲垣孝照; September 20, 1888; October 22, 1944/ was born in September 1878 in Ehime Prefecture as the eldest son of Takanori Inagaki. In 1901, he graduated from the Army War College (12th class) and was appointed as a second lieutenant in the infantry. He served...
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Vice Admiral Teragaki Izō /寺垣猪三, 22 February 1857 – 01 June 1938/ with the Grand Officer of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus order.
Baron Takahira Kogorō/高平小五郎 男爵
Baron Takahira Kogorō /高平 小五郎, 29 January 1854 – 28 November 1926/ was born in what is now Ichinoseki city, Iwate prefecture. In 1876, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His first posting to the United States in 1879 was as an attaché; and he was promoted to secretary in 1881. During a...
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