Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Rising Sun, Grand Cordon Badge, C.1900 Buy Now The cap measured 220 mm

The cap measured 220 mm (w) x 255 mm (l) x 168 mm (h)

Hlinka Guard Leader’s Belt Buckle - in darkened bronze

The binoculars are marked adjacent to the left eyepiece with a manufacturer’s code of “beh” for maker Ernst Leitz

After the capital's seizure

Florence Burness

Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Rising Sun, Grand Cordon Badge, C.1900 Buy Now The cap measured 220 mm( 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