Japan, Empire. An Order of the Sacred Treasure, I Class Grand Cordon, c.1930 United Republic of the hoist edge reinforced with

the hoist edge reinforced with an additional layer of red cotton and retaining six aluminum suspension rings

above silvered oak leaves and a date of “1923”

suspended from the upper frame bar

measuring 45 mm (w) x 65 mm (l)

Japan, Empire. An Order of the Sacred Treasure, I Class Grand Cordon, c.1930 United Republic of the hoist edge reinforced withInstituted 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