Japan, Empire. An Early Order of the Sacred Treasure, I Class Grand Cordon Set in Case visually-hidden Gibbon was transferred to the

Gibbon was transferred to the U

the bottom featuring a detailed etched design consisting of a central bell bearing a German national eagle clutching Olympic rings

measuring 46 mm (w) x 67

the other eleven with a one-piece construction

Japan, Empire. An Early Order of the Sacred Treasure, I Class Grand Cordon Set in Case visually-hidden Gibbon was transferred to theInstituted January 4, 1888 by Emperor Meiji. A sought after set, comprising a sash badge in silver gilt, a four armed cross with clusters of five white enamelled smooth rays, the longest two on the outside edges, the obverse medallion presents a silver floral shaped mirror on a blue enamelled field, surrounded by two rings, one pebbled, one smooth, with sixteen red cabochons on the arms arranged in a star pattern, the reverse presents four rivets for