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Tigers are different, but reverse medallions look absolutely identical Yep Regards, Nick

Badge reverse medallions

Badge medallions

Now let`s compare central medallions of these two 2nd class sets Pieter piece is on the left. Breast star medallions

So, as we see, nothing really exclusive about this "more than one rivert" construction. As for this red enamelled medaillon at reverse of the badge ... I invite you to examine another 2nd class.

Looks like 100% Chinese Tiger to mee Does the plain reverse without any marks indeed indicates that piece was made in Japan? I don`t think so. There are pieces without any marks that are definitely made by the same workshops that made marked one. But let`s discuss this 2nd class. The only "eccentric" features are 1) two riverts construction of the breast star 2) rear of the sashbadge has a red enamelled medaillon Are these features really eccentric? Well, check out piece that was shown in posts # 29 and # 30. No marks and four riverts construction Here comes another one ...