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Reverses

Let`s compare it with mine breast star

Obverses

Reverse

Not really "close-ups" you were counting for?

Ok, ok.

Breast star

See how wide cabuchon ring is?

Ok.

Let`s roll!

Our first stop will be collection of Metropolitan Museum.

Grand Gordon was added to museum collection in 1906 as Gift of Edward D. Adams and Jacob H. Schiff.

Museum dated this specimen as "late 19th century"

By the way, how do you like this order of his medals?

"Wedding"/"Cannon"/"Constitution"/"Red Cross"

Instead of official

"Constitution"/"Wedding"/"Cannon"/"Red Cross"

Poets ...

Turkish connection

Check this out guys

Exellent photo of Baron (lyricist and poet!) Takasaki Masakaze with cannon on his chest!

This photo was made somewhere between 1905 and 1912

Second will be 30 pages long "Ranks, Offices, and Certain Incumbents" from “The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature” published in 1985

It can be downloaded here

Ranks, Offices, and Certain Incumbents.pdf

Two very interesting and useful sources of info about ranks, offices, titles etc.

They are freely distributed by Stefan Unterstein in München.

First will be 27 pages long "Some Information on Nobility, Peerage and Ranks in Ancient and Meiji-Japan"

It can be downloaded right here

Some Information on Nobility, Peerage and Ranks in Ancient and Meiji-Japan.pdf

Found this amazing example of calligraphy by Okubo Toshisada

Nice!

Interesting, that after retirement from the army our General became the chief priest of the Kirishima Shrine.

Toshimichi Okubo, the great revolutionist and statesman of Japan, is Toshisada's blood relative (cousin)

What was the selling price?

Around couple k`s

Details

Interesting that decal image completely corresponds (by central mirror) to actual breast star

Left side

Right side

His doc for 2nd class Sacred Treasure that was issued to him in 1905

Details of print

You don`t see these often.

If ever ...

This one was issued to Okubo Toshisada/大久保利貞 on April 1, 1906.

Lieutenant-General Okubo Toshisada (1846-1918) was in command of 17th infantry brigade during R-J war.

This doc was sold at YJ a few months ago together with his document for 2nd class scred treasure (these were broken as per usual...)