Miniatures of Japanese Order of Rising Sun

5th class one-sided miniature.

Height 27.5 mm.

 

Size 16.6 x 27.5 mm

4th class.

5th class.

1st or 2nd class.





1st class.

Miniature that belonged to the Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, GCB, OM, GCVO, DL, SGM (5 December 1859 – 20 November 1935). He fought in the Anglo-Egyptian War and the Boxer Rebellion and commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 during the First World War. Jellicoe later served as First Sea Lord, overseeing the expansion of the Naval Staff at the Admiralty and the introduction of convoys, but was relieved at the end of 1917. He also served as the governor-general of New Zealand in the early 1920s.​

1st class miniature (similar to the previous badge).



Now that`s what I call "raw work".



3rd or 4th class.






4th class.

6th and 4th class.





Who and why sewed them together?
Go figure ...





Uggy.



5th or 6th class.









Comparative size.



7th class.

8th class together with the Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro.

 

Size 31 x 22 mm.

 

Damaged Rising Sun miniature.

 

Gilded silver, enamel.
3rd class order of the Rising Sun with upside down suspension.
Size 32 (including suspension) x 20 mm.

 

Gilded silver, enamel.
6th class miniature badge (20 x 13 mm) and breast star (size 15 mm) of Rising Sun order.
Sewed together.

 

 

Silver, enamel.
Size 18.3 x 27.5 mm.

 

 

British made miniature of Rising Sun order together with a cased miniature of Royal Victorian Order made by Hunt & Roskell, London.

 

5th class Rising Sun miniature.

 

4th class Rising Sun miniature. Most likely British-made.

 

7th class Rising Sun miniature.

 

6th class Rising Sun order miniature.

Silver, gold, gilt, enamel.
Size 21 x 12 mm.

Ring mark is unreadable.

 

Order of Rising Sun breast star miniature.

Silver, gilt, enamel.