China, Japanese Occupied Manchukuo. An Order Of The Pillars Of The State, Vii Class, C.1940 Auction Archive aluminum/silver and black embroidery

aluminum/silver and black embroidery

the interior presents a steel ring frame held firmly in place by the exterior pins with fold back tabs

with a 7 cm rip along the right sleeve seam where the thread has come undone due to age (barely noticeable)

and then to Lake Forest

He assumed full power on 16 November 1873

China, Japanese Occupied Manchukuo. An Order Of The Pillars Of The State, Vii Class, C.1940 Auction Archive aluminum/silver and black embroidery( Guji zhzh xnzhng ). Instituted in 1936. In silver with red, white, blue and yellow enamels, measuring 40. 5 mm (w) x 50. 7 mm (h), intact enamels, replacement ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of the Pillars of the State was established by Emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria. It is considered similar to the Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure, the reverse featuring Japanese characters.