Japan, Empire. An Order of The Rising Sun, Third Class Commander’s Badge, c.1900 Province of China but with the interior being

but with the interior being wonderfully preserved

with a white cotton strap sewn in place on the left side with two reinforced buttonholes

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four Oak Leaf Clusters

the 26th Infantry Regiment used howitzers at point blank range to destroy German fortifications

Japan, Empire. An Order of The Rising Sun, Third Class Commander’s Badge, c.1900 Province of China but with the interior being(, Kyokujitsu sh) Institution Date: April 10, 1875 by Emperor Meiji. A Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, Third Class in silver with a red cabochon centerpiece and a white enamelled star, star is affixed to an enamelled Paulownia Flowers suspension consisting of three groupings of purple flowers with characters on the reverse, measures at 54mm (w) x 86mm (h to the top of the suspension), on period neck ribbon with clasp, extremely fine. Accompanied by