Medal Bar of Emperor Hirohito

Rare oppurtunity to examine later version of Emperor's medal bar.

Order of Culture.

Breast stars: Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, Golden Kite Order, Order of the Paulownia Flowers, Order of the Sacred Treasure.

Medal bar


- 8th class Rising Sun Order;
- 8th class Sacred Treasure Order;
- Taisho Enthronement Commemorative Medal;
- 1914–1920 First World War Medal;
- Allied First World War Victory Medal;
- Showa Enthronement Commemorative Medal;
- 1930 Capital Reconstruction Commemorative medal;
- 1931–1934 China Incident War Medal;
- 1937–1945 China Incident War Medal;
- 2600th National Anniversary Commemorative Medal;
- Japanese Red Cross Society Merit Badge (a.k.a. Merit Order);
- Japanese Red Cross Society Special Member Medal.

 

Photo was made in May 1940. Emperor Hirohito stands at the window of his private car at the Momoyama railroad station prior to leaving for ancestral shrine at Unebi.

 

May 26, 1940.

 

Earlier evolutions of Emperor's medal bar.