Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Rising Sun, Grand Cordon Badge, C.1900 Archive I led the formation and

I led the formation and Rudi was 10 m behind me in the second chain

El Alamein*

87th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Grenadier Guards" - Military Cross

marked “9” and for “Pforzheimer Schmuckhandfertiger”

Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Rising Sun, Grand Cordon Badge, C.1900 Archive I led the formation and( Kyokujitsu sh). Instituted in 1875 by Emperor Meiji of Japan. Of foreign manufacture, a Grand Cordon badge of silver gilt, featuring a white enamelled eight point star with clusters of three intermediate rays with cleft ends, obverse medallion presents a beautiful red glass cabochon, reverse mirrors the obverse, suspended from a green and purple imperial Paulownia flower, measures 75. 7mm (w) x 117. 2mm (h inclusive of paulownia flower suspension