Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Golden Kite, I Class Star Auction (Ordine di San Gregorio Magno)

(Ordine di San Gregorio Magno)

this was highest Prussian bravery award for enlisted soldiers and NCO’s and only about 1350 Crosses awarded during 1914-18 period

The crown’s interior wire reinforcement has been removed

employed by the National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada between 1940 and 1942

A Rare April 22-24

Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Golden Kite, I Class Star Auction (Ordine di San Gregorio Magno)(). 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