Order of the Illustrious Dragon in Photos

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Salvadoran politician Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (21 October 1882 – 15 May 1966) who served as president of El Salvador from 4 December 1931 to 28 August 1934 in a provisional capacity and again in an official capacity from 1 March 1935 until his resignation on 9 May 1944. Martínez was the leader of El Salvador during most of World War II.

 

General Minami Jirō/南次郎 陸軍大将

Jirō Minami /南 次郎, Minami Jirō, 10 August 1874 – 5 December 1955/ was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Governor-General of Korea between 1936 and 1942. After the end of WW2 he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment. Born to an ex-samurai family in Hiji, Ōita...

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Medal Bar of Manchukuo Prime Minister Zhang Jinghui

Zhang Jinghui was born in Tai'an, southwest of Mukden, Liaoning Province. The area was a battlefield in the First Sino-Japanese War and he joined the Honghuzi irregular cavalry forces of the Manchurian warlord Zhang Zuolin at an early age. These forces were recruited as mercenaries by the...

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Admiral Mineo Ōsumi/大角岑生 海軍大将

Rare signed photo. Imperial Russian order of St. Anna with diamonds for Non-Christians, Italian Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, French Legion of Honor, British order of the Bath and Czechoslovakian War Cross 1918 inside medal bar.

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General Hideki Tojo/東條英機 陸軍大将

Tōjō Hideki /東條 英機/ (December 30, 1884 – December 23, 1948) was born on December 30, 1884, to a relatively low-ranking samurai family in the Kōjimachi district of Tokyo. He began his career in the Army in 1905 and steadily rose through the ranks to become a general by 1934. In March 1937, he...

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