Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Golden Kite, V Class Buy Now (NSDAP Gau Hessen-Nassau Ehrenzeichen)

(NSDAP Gau Hessen-Nassau Ehrenzeichen)

reverse of eagle marked with BSW in cloverleaf denoting Gebruder Schneider Wien manufacture

superimposed and sewn on the ends are two rows of NCO tresse in bright silver flatwire

Most likely of Austrian manufacture (Mayer)

Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Golden Kite, V Class Buy Now (NSDAP Gau Hessen-Nassau Ehrenzeichen)(Kinshi kunsho). Instituted in 1890. Three piece construction, in silver with red, yellow, white, green, violet, light blue and dark blue enamels, measuring 46. 3 mm (w) x 50 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, crazing and chipping evident in the red enamels on the ray behind the falcon's head and on the flag and a few rays on the right side, original ribbon with hook and eye, fine. Footnote: The Order of the Golden Kite was an