Japan, Empire. An Order of The Rising Sun, IV Class Newly Listed with additional bands of orange

with additional bands of orange piping trimming both the top and bottom of the cap band

He would later become the personal pilot of the Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia

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the crossed sword and baton insignia

and Miniature: in bronze gilt with red enamels

Japan, Empire. An Order of The Rising Sun, IV Class Newly Listed with additional bands of orange(, Kyokujitsu sh) Institution Date: April 10, 1875 by Emperor Meiji. A Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, IV Class in silver with a red cabochon centerpiece and white enamelled rays. The star is affixed to an enamelled Paulownia Flower suspension consisting of three groupings of purple flowers counting 5,7,5, with Kanji on the reverse. The medal is on its period ribbon with a hook and eye and a rosette. The enamels are intact and the medal measures at