Order of the Rising Sun, II Class

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  • Order of the Rising Sun, II Class
  • Order of the Rising Sun, II Class Obverse
  • Order of the Rising Sun, II Class Reverse

Attributes

  • country
    Japan
  • date of institution
    April 10, 1875

History


Order of the Rising sun is the first order officially established by the Japanese government in Meiji restoration.
The order was officially established in Meiji 8th year (1875), however, few prototypes of the order was made in 1873 and 1874. Some of those extremely rare prototypes was awarded in later years due to the great demands after Satsuma Rebellion.
The order was established with 8 classes. In 1875, the order was simply called "the medals". (賞牌) "Order of the Rising Sun" (旭日章) was officially named in 1876 with the establish of the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum.
The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers (旭日桐花大綬章) was established in 1888 as the highest class of the order until 2003.
The order was reformed into 6 classes in 2003, the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers also became an independent order since then.
The manufacture and accessories of the order has changed several times in centuries, those features can be seen as references for dating manufacture time for individual pieces of the order.
The 2nd class of the order can be award to high command generals / admirals (大将) or highest rank civil officers (親任官) as "first award of the order" (初叙).
The 2nd class of the order can be award to generals or high rank civil officers (勅任官) with excellence contributions.

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  • Price

    $1300 USD

  • Composition

    Silver Gilt/Enamelled

  • Inscription

    Neck Badge: silver with white, green and violet enamels, centre red glass cabochon, 55.5 mm (w) x 82.5 mm (h) inclusive of its Paulonia flowers suspension, on its original full-length neck ribbon with flip clip closure, chipping evident in the white enamels on the top ray and in the violet enamels on one flower on the right cluster on the reverse, crazing evident in the white enamels on three rays on the obverse, near extremely fine.

  • Size

    55mm

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