Japan, Empire. An Order of the Sacred Treasure, I Class Grand Cordon, c.1930 Auction Archive bearing a central machine-embroidered silver-grey

bearing a central machine-embroidered silver-grey inscription of “AFRIKA” flanked by palm trees

with the various publications that they were clipped from and their dates identified in handwritten black ink beside the articles

scattered tarnishing evident

ten with a single screwback

Kriegsmarine)

Japan, Empire. An Order of the Sacred Treasure, I Class Grand Cordon, c.1930 Auction Archive bearing a central machine-embroidered silver-greyInstituted January 4, 1888 by Emperor Meiji. A lovely Grand Cross set, comprising a sash badge in silver gilt, a four armed cross with clusters of five white enamelled smooth rays, the longest two on the outside edges, the obverse medallion presents a silver floral shaped mirror on a blue enamelled field, surrounded by two rings, one pebbled, one smooth, with sixteen red cabochons on the arms arranged in a star pattern, the reverse presents four