Awarded on November 1915.
Order of the Paulownia Flowers of Sir William Conyngham Greene
His card
"Sir Conyngham Greene, Ambassador Extraordinaire et Plenipotentiaire de S.M. Britannique"
Additionally inscribed,
"Presented to me by Japanese Govt. Nov. 1915."
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"Sir Conyngham Greene, Ambassador Extraordinaire et Plenipotentiaire de S.M. Britannique"
Additionally inscribed,
"Presented to me by Japanese Govt. Nov. 1915."
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"... he remained in Tokyo until the end of the First World War and proved himself a great Ambassador. His open and genial manner won the confidence of the Japanese, and retained it throughout all the vicissitudes of the War and in spite of certain difficulties with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Tokyo. His departure in April 1919 was universally regretted."
