Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Golden Kite, I Class Grand Cordon, Taylors Copy Buy Now featuring all five decorations affixed

featuring all five decorations affixed to 75 mm-long zink bar with a horizontal pinback and black wool reverse liner

with ribbed fans adorning the exterior of each arm and Romanov imperial eagles joining the quadrant

each constructed of rose-pink wool with rigid card stock cores

the reverse with a central inscription of “FÜR TAPFERKEIT” inside of a laurel and oak leaf wreath

the center medallion features a female figure encircled by a blue ring inscribed AL MERITO CIVIL

Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Golden Kite, I Class Grand Cordon, Taylors Copy Buy Now featuring all five decorations affixed(). Instituted February 12, 1890. A modern talyors copy of this order, comprising a badge in bronze gilt, an eight point red enamelled star with multiple smooth rays , superimposed on the obverse sits a blue enamelled golden kite with yellow enamelled crossed swords with silver hilts atop the arms and a red flag at 3 and 9 oclock presenting heraldic mitsutomoe devices and a silver, green, purple and blue enamelled feature superimposed on the kite,