Laurence Strong Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 (edited) I found this after reading an answer posted by Paul Murphy;In 2003 the Order of the Sacred treasure was changed. The lowest two classes of the Order were abolished. Moreover, the badges of the Order will from now on be suspended from three white-enamelled Paulownia leaves.Here it the "new" order starting from the lowest level The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Silver Rays Edited September 29, 2006 by Laurence Strong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted September 29, 2006 Author Share Posted September 29, 2006 The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted September 29, 2006 Author Share Posted September 29, 2006 The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted September 29, 2006 Author Share Posted September 29, 2006 The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted September 29, 2006 Author Share Posted September 29, 2006 The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted September 29, 2006 Author Share Posted September 29, 2006 Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted September 29, 2006 Author Share Posted September 29, 2006 Just as I have 1914 and 1957 EK's in my collection I would be interested in having some of these as a represtntation in my collection, I wonder how hard they would be to find?Thanks for looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Hi Larry,I rather like the new look. The ribbon colors work well with the award itself and the combination is very pleasing to the eye. Many thanks for posting these. Sure be nice if some would turn up at a good price. At least one can always hope. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Hi Larry,I rather like the new look. The ribbon colors work well with the award itself and the combination is very pleasing to the eye. Dan Dan I agree about the look - enough to make a guy collect enamelware. Pity about the names of the classes, though - must of bin thunk up by a civil servant ! "It's silver and gold so we'll call it the Silver and Gold Star. " Duh! Maybe not "knight", "commander" etc for an oriental award but something with class! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 You never know, Peter. Maybe it sounds better in Japanese. So often, trying to fit things into English reveals the limitations of this language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul L Murphy Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Ed,It sounds equally horrible in Japanese. The entire reform of the Japanese award system was a half baked measure done by gnomes with no imagination whatsoever. I have not yet seen a new style Sacred Treasure for sale, I think it will be a while before they start to filter onto the collectors market. I am looking forward to handling one to see if the quality has stayed to the previous high standard.Regards,Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 It sounds equally horrible in Japanese. The entire reform of the Japanese award system was a half baked measure done by gnomes with no imagination whatsoever. So sad, Paul. I feared as much. I tremble for Mongolia. The damage in India has been progressive and not as abrupt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 this one is just sold in Japan(Nov-28), in 182,000 Japanese Yen(about 1560USD). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 more photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 and box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul L Murphy Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Very interesting, and bloody expensive ! This is what we would have called a 5th class, now known as "gold and silver rays". The writing on the lid of the box makes no mention of numerical class at all so it would appear that all the lid inscriptions have been changed. Presumably this also applies to new boxes for the Rising Sun as well so start grabbing those post war plastic boxes without the post and catch and with numerical classes on the lid since they are no more ! I hope to visit Japan in spring next year so I will have a good look around to see what the market prices are for these new orders. It is also interesting that the manufacturing technique regarding the red jewels has changed. Originally this was a seperate piece held on by four rivets, then sometime around the late 70's or early 80's they started making a one piece Sacred Treasure, which can be identified by the lack of rivet heads on the reverse. On these new style orders the band appears speerate and is held on by two rivets. From the photos the quality looks good but I still want to hold one for myself ! Many thanks for sharing these with us. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted December 1, 2006 Author Share Posted December 1, 2006 Wow thats quite the price, would still be nice to have one of them. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 The ribbon colors work well with the award itself and the combination is very pleasing to the eyeThe ribbon is almost the same as that one of the order of the Dutch lion from the netherlands,However I like the grandcross sash of the dutch order more than this one... It looks so fragile.Kind regards,Jacky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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