kapten_windu

Hugh, i have no knowledge about that, but as i knew luk is not weaken the blade as long as the Empu (person who make kris) have good work & quality control on his kris..

(remember, in ancient period an Empu can only produced 1-2 special Kris in a year!)

Mervyn, i haven't study much about Kris's history, but in fact most of the Kris style (the 'dhapur' like the pictures above) were designed during Singosari Kingdom (12-13th century) and Majapahit Kingdom (14-15th century)..

Majapahit was a great kingdom and occupied most of Indonesian Archipelago, Malayan peninsula, and Southern Philipines..

All of that area were influenced by Majapahit style of Kris, but after the Majapahit kingdom collapse, the little kingdoms which used to be occupied by Majapahit developed their own style but still include the basic Majapahit style..

Singosari and Majapahit kingdom were a Hindu and Buddhist kingdom, not a Islam sultanate..

Java, Moro, Bali and some other island also have a huge Kris (with blade more than 70cm!) but that's very rare..

Burma, Thailand, and other Indochina area were not occupied by Majapahit, so they were not influenced by Majapahit style.. :)

From Indonesia:

Honorary celebration: Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia Kojiro Shiojiri (right) shakes hand with Jakob Oetama, Kompas Gramedia Groups’s president commissioner, after the latter receives an honor of “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon” from the Japanese government at the ambassadorial residence

In his speech, Shiojiri said Jakob had contributed to the develop-ment of bilateral ties through the publication on Japanese culture and bilateral cooperations in Kompas, the largest daily newspaper in Indonesia.

Thanks for posting Dan..

Don't worry about $$, most of Indonesian item are in low prices..

Windu

Kris with Luk more than 13 is wrong according to the Javanese Palace's rule, but there are many kinds of them on the society..

Next i'll post about them.. :)

Luk 13

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wonderful research!!

thank you for posting, it make us have more knowledge about golden kites..

Excellent work..!!

Windu

Luk 11

LUK 9 ( cont'd )

LUK 9

well, let's continue

Wow, that's about 5400$! Chinese Medals are the Hype

wow, it's very high !! :speechless1:

sorry, all of them are bad..

you can see more on ebay..

looks like membership of Barongsai association

see the chinese mythical creature on the observe..

http://www.google.co.id/imgres?q=barongsai&um=1&hl=id&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1280&bih=861&tbm=isch&tbnid=AA6bx1GvhqtNzM:&imgrefurl=http://retnodamayanthi.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/barongsai/&docid=PwRB_Wq-TLhZ_M&w=1536&h=1152&ei=fyJzTuHELIX5mAX7pLSFDQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=810&page=1&tbnh=145&tbnw=223&start=0&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0&tx=123&ty=78

Yes, it looks like jewelry for drama costums..

This is called Bintang Swa Bhuana Paksa,

there are 3 classes of this star:

1. Utama (like above)

2. Pratama

3. Nararya

It's given to people who contributed to Indonesian Airforce or a member of Indonesian airforce with at least 25 years of service..

Yang Amat Bahagia

this phrase showing a kind of prosperity&happiness, so IMHO i think this also for people who contributed in development of the country

dewan majlis: maybe a kind of parliament

lapau: as long as i know it means traditional restaurant in Minang language.. :whistle:

As Paul rightly said and I'd like to add, a picture of the whole medal bar (front and back) would help even more... for a starter it would prove that the medal bar is in your collection and that you are not merely posting such questions for increasing the profit of a possible deal you intend to make. Sorry for being so direct...

Claudio

yes, it's right, and the picture must be clear to see.. :)

JPL, out of topic, do you have complete picture of all class of Order of Canada?

Very interesting!

a member here use the reverse picture of this version for his avatar..

windu

Hi Uwe, i miss reading the phrase 'post war' on you comment..

And also i don't have enough knowledge about the versions of KvK1 and this is the 1st time i see this version..

Windu