Japan, Empire. A Rare Meiji Period Order Of The Rising Sun, Grand Cordon, By Hirata, In Case And Box, C.1890 Buy Now contact marks and surface wear

contact marks and surface wear on the QSM and BWM

mounted to a four-sided brass suspension with pinback

and was awarded for 60 combat flights

suspended from a ribbon with crossed swords

Japan, Empire. A Rare Meiji Period Order Of The Rising Sun, Grand Cordon, By Hirata, In Case And Box, C.1890 Buy Now contact marks and surface wear(). Instituted April 10, 1875 by the Japanese Government. Meiji Period (1868 1912). An early Grand Cordon Set, comprising a sash badge, presenting a large silver gilt eight point star with smooth white enamelled rays with cleft ends, the center medallion presents a beautiful red glass cabochon, reverse mirrors the obverse, suspended from a green and purple enamelled imperial pawlonia flower, reverse of the green enamel leaf on suspension presents an