Japan. Order Of The Rising Sun, 1St Class Grand Cross, C.1900 Auction Archive constructed of brown leather with

constructed of brown leather with a glossy black finish on the outside-facing side of the strap

Silver and black enamels

five taken in the field during the 1930s and dated as such on their reverses

Lüdenscheid - In zinc

Japan. Order Of The Rising Sun, 1St Class Grand Cross, C.1900 Auction Archive constructed of brown leather withInstituted in 1875. Sash Badge: in silver gilt with white, green and violet enamels, centre red glass cabochon, measuring 76 mm (w) x 114. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its Paulonia flowers suspension, with an original full length sash; and Breast Star: insignia in silver gilt and white enamels with a centre red glass cabochon, mounted to an eight pointed star base, measuring 91 mm (w) x 91 mm (h), vertical pinback flanked by dual stays, dark patina. Intact