Japan, Empire. An Order of the Rising Sun, I Class Badge, with Sash for Ladies GTRexclude The cap band is trimmed

The cap band is trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with dark green piping

Circumscribing the Totenkopf is a white wool soutache

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec and Nova Scotia with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier

Light surface wear on the bird's feathers on the Glengarry Badge and one of the Collar Badges

beneath which appears the maker name and location "ROBERT KLAAS/SOLINGEN"

Japan, Empire. An Order of the Rising Sun, I Class Badge, with Sash for Ladies GTRexclude The cap band is trimmed(, Kyokujitsu sh). Institution Date: April 10, 1875 by Emperor Meiji. A Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, I Class in silver with a red cabochon centerpiece and white enamelled rays. The star is affixed to an enamelled Paulownia Flowers suspension of purple and green enamels with Japanese Kanji on the reverse. The medal measures at 76mm (w) x 113. 5mm (h to the top of the suspension), and weighs 120. 7 grams. It is accompanied by its thin period sash