Interesting 3rd class Rising Sun order from the Meiji era.
Typical color of enamel for the Rising Sun order suspension from late Meiji era.
Original medallion was replaced to a metal one.
11 août 1904 = August 11, 1904
Typical color of enamel for the Rising Sun order suspension from late Meiji era.
Original medallion was replaced to a metal one.
11 août 1904 = August 11, 1904
Obviously the date is related to the famous Battle of Liaoyang /Сражение при Ляояне; 遼陽会戦, Ryōyō-kaisen, 25 August – 3 September 1904/. Battle of Liaoyang was a major land battle of the Russo-Japanese War, on the outskirts of the city of Liaoyang in present-day Liaoning Province, China. The city was of great strategic importance as the major Russian military center for southern Manchuria, and a major population center on the main line on the Russian South Manchurian Railway connecting Port Arthur with Mukden. The city was fortified by the Imperial Russian Army with three lines of fortifications
This 3rd class Rising Sun order could be awarded to a French military observer who was in the ranks of the 1st Japanese Army.
This 3rd class Rising Sun order could be awarded to a French military observer who was in the ranks of the 1st Japanese Army.