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    JapanX

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    1. More like neck badge came from a different time period than case and breast star + I`d really like to see better photos of this neck badge
    2. + this neck badge came from Showa epoch Same goes for the ribbon and rosette But our case belongs to the Meiji
    3. The real deal is the badge ... What happend here ... I wonder
    4. Photos a pretty terrible, but the case (and outer balsa case) looks ok
    5. More than half century later they decided that it`s time to make 6th class more recognisable So they shortened some of its rays
    6. No. Only for 6th class. You see, originally 4th, 5th and 6th classes had same configuration of rays and same ribbons. They can be distinguished only by gold gilt. Not an easy task! Especially when patina kick in So in 1886 they decided to add rosette to the ribbon of 4th class to make it more recognisable.
    7. Somewhere around 1938-1940 (I don`t remember the exact date right now ) this configuration was changed to this Cheers, Nick
    8. Naaa I heard this one is dead
    9. I bet the first letter in his name is C and the last one is S
    10. In Vietnam since May 1967 Engineer Radar station P-12 More than 30 repairs and reconstructions Was under rocket-bomb attack on 13.07.67 Was under rocket-bomb attack 28.07. 67 Behaved himself courageously ... showed self-control ...
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