Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Golden Kite, I Class Grand Cordon In Case, C.1900 Auction Archive with a horizontal line embroidered

with a horizontal line embroidered into the top and bottom edges

he was absorbed into the Canadian Garrison Artillery Reserve Battery

It is the second highest military award that can be given to a member of the United States Army (and previously the United States Air Force)

Both the top and bottom edges of the cap band are trimmed with lengths of white wool piping

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Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Golden Kite, I Class Grand Cordon In Case, C.1900 Auction Archive with a horizontal line embroidered(). Instituted February 12, 1890. A rare and beautiful Grand Cordon Set of the Showa period, comprising a badge in silver gilt, an eight point red enamelled star with multiple smooth rays , 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 presenting heraldic mitsutomoe devices and a silver, green, purple and blue enamelled feature