Rogi

Its ok, do it when you get back home No rush.

do you happen to have a larger image of it ? I'm not sure if it is combat related, but I do know that it is awarded to Military Commanders for excellent leadership It looks like a Russian made piece, but I can't read the inscription if you could post larger pictures that would be great

Hunger games, will they never stop!

Have you tried checking with the Archives? If they have his record card

Did you try ordering an extract from the archives here in Canada (ie like a record card) ? (not sure if they can do it here in Canada too, but It is worth a try) Regards, Igor

Info. so far from my friend he is a savior on this one: The Japanese party (7 members in total) wihich accompanied Prince Yorihito were given Orders by "Serbian Emperor" (King most likely ) at Hotel Serbian Crown in Beograd at 1:00pm on March 18, 1894 as their visit memorial. Prince was given the Order of the White Eagle The following were awarded Order of Takovo: Mr. Shogo Nagasaki - Secretary of Minister of Imperial Household Mr. Munemitsu Mutsu - Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Hisamoto Hijikata - Minister of Imperial Household My recent photo up there adds another name to the list: General Kusunose Yukihiko who was part of this party in 1894 That's the info. I have so far, I'm searching through a couple web pages for their biographies and gallery to see if I can't spot some more photos of Orders of Takovo.

Yes it is definatley a custom piece most of the noble pieces are

Maybe for the better, could of been price tag from auction house heheheh

I was watching Spiderman 3 today and saw this logo on the Church they used as a "battle" between Spidey and Venom its on the floor as a huge symbol, if I run through it again I'll try to screen capture and post

It looks like it had a tag just over the logo text and at the bottom near the opening, but its gone now

I'll do some digging for that 4th class.

hehehe mis-read can't help with any Japanese pronounciations

As close as any of us will ever get to a Order of Freedom Is this your bar new world?

Currently I'm compiling a list and taking down and trying to find as many photos of recipients of the Order of Takovo, I thought of sharing and opening up the floor to anyone who has any photos Its a rare sight to see Japanese wearing many foreign orders. (at least to me) and I havn't seen many wearing Serbian decorations, so I'd like to bring to light a little known section of recipients first may I present, General Kusunose Yukihiko I'll add more names to the list as I find photos associated with them Your comments and input are greatly appreciated Igor

There should be a hallmark around the ring connecting the ribbon. It is gold (at least all the orders of the Crown I know of are gold ) You can sometimes tell by the crown in the center of the enamel the producer, so I would start searching online for info. from that and expand. Sorry I can't help any more, I'm more into Serbian and other orders and medals Best Regards, Igor

To me it looks like a custom piece, very similar to what they've done on Serbian and Russian orders (for exactly Gold with Diamonds White Eagle Orders for the Noble family of Serbia etc), if a Nobleman or Higher ranked official had the money they could get it done. That's my initialy observation, its a nice piece and I like the style of Eagle on it

Center inscription near the globe and KPA guys Order of Communism (due to the sentence structure I picked Order of, there are many variations that could be used but to me, this is the one that makes the most sense here) Red Flag! Very cool Banner Thank you for sharing it with us My pleasure in translating it, just wish I had remembered earlier Thank you for sending the pm and reminding me

Front: 1st line: This is what I can make out, Enemy of the scattered people of Jeoseon 2nd line: Let U.S. imperialist aggressors be destroyed Bottom Section: Great Red Flag The Korean People's Army Joeseon ============================================================ Everything reads together: Enemy of the scattered people of Jeoseon (old Korea ie in the past while they were unified) Let U.S. imperialist aggressors be destroyed Great Red Flag Of The Korean People's Army of righteous (or Proper) Joeseon Let learning take part (or Occur) I would even hazard a guess to say, Let Everyone know or Learn of Enemy of Communism (the grammer is off, but it might be that actual grammer in NK vs SK dialect) All Soldiers are one Tip (usually it would be Implied for Victory but it is not mentioned here in the sentence) (the term should be point but in this context I believe it to mean Tip, as in tip of the spear etc) I will have to do the center section once I get home

The back reads: 1st Line going down :Let learning take part (or Occur) 2nd line down: Enemy of Communism (the grammer is off, but it might be that actual grammer in NK vs SK dialect) 3rd line down: All Soldiers one Tip (the term should be point but in this context I believe it to mean Tip, as in tip of the spear etc)

I'm doing the back now so if you can wait 3 mins I'll have it done, the dialect from SK and NK are a bit off but its worth a rough shot

omg sht, nearly forgot, thanks for the private message, I'll have it done by tonight

Maybe it could be very similar like in Serbia producers (Vienese companies that produced for Serbia), some were sub contracted to other firms so the original producer didn't make the box. It is similar to Takovo's and other orders from Serbia.

Ah that is interesting, I had no idea that they didn't match, it was sold to me as matching set, but I would definatley like to know too It is good that the medal is Silver now it seems a new quest begins Could this medal have been left over from the initial batch of Silver medals and just placed into a later box? or switched from the recipient after he received it (could you be awarded 2 silvers?) I've seen this happen with some other items (totally not militaria related, but it is known to happen ) For example Omega and Rolex used to switch and provide whatever watch box was on hand to its customers. So you ended up sometimes with Speedmasters in Seamaster boxes etc.

Very cool Iver, Thank you for sharing it with us So now 2 of these on the forum hehehe