Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Golden Kite, I Class Star Auction Archive the one cord is braided

the one cord is braided

the bullion of the cap badge remaining pristine and without interruptions

with surrounded olive and palm wreaths applied to reverse

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Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Golden Kite, I Class Star Auction Archive the one cord is braided(). Instituted February 12 1890. In silver, an eight point star of alternating clusters of three yellow enamelled rays with silver borders and five red enamelled rays with silver gilt borders, superimposed on the obverse sits a blue enamelled golden kite with yellow enamelled crossed swords with silver hilts atop the arms and a red flag at 3 and 9 oclock and a silver, green, purple and blue enamelled feature superimposed on the kite, surmounted by a