Japan, Manchukuo. An Order of the Auspicious Clouds, II Class Set in Case Hold and in March of 1945

and in March of 1945 in the SS-Kavallerie Ausbildungs- und Ersatz-Abteilung

crowned monogram of King Vittorio Emanuelle III in bronze gilt

an a Civil Service 25-Year Long Service Medal

black thatched exterior

Captain Whytock was awarded the Military Cross

Japan, Manchukuo. An Order of the Auspicious Clouds, II Class Set in Case Hold and in March of 1945(Ta Hsan Wei Lan Hua Chang). Instituted on March 1 1934 by Emperor Kang Teh of Machuria. A beautiful and rare set of the Order of the Auspicious Clouds, presenting a neck badge in silver gilt, a four point star with clusters of three rays, the central enamelled in white with each flanking ray in yellow, between each cluster of rays sits a blue enamelled cloud and the space below enamelled in black, the obverse medallion with a central yellow field