Japan, Empire. An Order of The Rising Sun, Third Class Commander’s Badge, c.1900 Auction the strip of brown simulated

the strip of brown simulated cinnamon brown leather on the front edge of the visor with edge wear

it had been marked by a memorial stone ordered by George Washington within months of her demise

the obverse depicting a Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field with laurel branch wreath

painted aluminum mouthpiece affixed to a elongated plate via a nut and screw combination

The exterior features are completed by a protruding visor with a fully intact cardboard reinforcement

Japan, Empire. An Order of The Rising Sun, Third Class Commander’s Badge, c.1900 Auction the strip of brown simulated(, Kyokujitsu sh) Institution Date: April 10, 1875 by Emperor Meiji. 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 54. 7mm (w) x 86. 8 mm (h to the top of integral suspension ring), on period neck ribbon with clasp, near mint. Presented in its original black exterior case, with