kaydee Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I have seen several different mountings for the ring attached to the Golden Kite 4th Class to the larger ring that attaches to the ribbon. See attached images, What is the difference in the two mounting rings? and what is the difference in the ribbons??? Is one late and the other a reproduction?? Dwight Brown kaydees@embarqmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Unless I am mistaken you have a 4th class and a 3rd class Golden Kite Cheers Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaydee Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 1 hour ago, Laurence Strong said: Unless I am mistaken you have a 4th class and a 3rd class Golden Kite Larry, Thanks for the reply. You are correct. They are a 3rd Class and a 4th class Golden Kite. I could not get a good example of the ring attached to the medal for the 4th class and used the 3rd class image. But the ring was the same for the 4th Class. I only want to know why there are two different types of ring attachment. This is an image of the 4th Class with the ring I am asking about. I believe the difference is that one attaches to a neck ribbon and the other attaches to a medal ribbon. Is there a difference in age. Can you also tell me the era of the two medals??? kaydees kaydees@embarqmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 The 3rd class is Showa piece. This 4th class came from Meiji epoch. The ribbon is a modern replica. Original ribbon for 4th class from Meiji epoch should look like this one and original ribbon for 4th class from Showa should look like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaydee Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 On 7/24/2016 at 21:51, JapanX said: The 3rd class is Showa piece. This 4th class came from Meiji epoch. The ribbon is a modern replica. Original ribbon for 4th class from Meiji epoch should look like this one and original ribbon for 4th class from Showa should look like this Japan X, Are you saying the medal is an original, 4th class from the Meji epoch period and the ribbon is a reproduction? I paid $536.00 for the medal. Did I get taken??? Kaydees1 kaydees@embarqmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) Order is original. The ribbon is not original for this order - during Meiji epoch ribbon for 4th class didn`t have a rosette and had slightly different color Edited July 27, 2016 by JapanX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) The ribbon itself has a chance to be an original (although from Showa epoch), but the rosette was added. Even white stripes look differently Edited July 27, 2016 by JapanX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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