Order of the Auspicious Clouds

[drclaw]

Arrived from the same seller Japan. The seller must have a warehouse of these sitting somewhere. Everytime he sells one on YJA, another one gets posted the same day

Also discovered YJA as a potential source of very cheap ODM from other countries. In just the last week, I've seen a cased Order of the Yugoslav Crown and a cased Ethiopian Order of the Star go for a song.

Must stop spending money. Baby needs a pair of new shoes .....

[drclaw]

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[Dieter3]

Must stop spending money. Baby needs a pair of new shoes .....

Naaa.....baby needs a new Order of the Pillars of State......

NIce pair!!! Yeah, I wish I knew where this guy came up with all of his stuff!!!!

[taquito22]

I wish I could read Japanese...I would be on YJA picking up my own pair!

[khorgor]

_{Very nice!!! Great find and win}

_{Only thing the japanese don't sell cheap is Thailand medals funnily enough. Wonder if there is still bad blood there?}

[lambert]

Congratulations Gavin!

Beautiful decoration. I'm thinking, if I start buying Japanese Orders .. I'm lost!

As a beginner, I have to stop spending so much money too .

Lambert

[lambert]

Post this order it is the second world war?

how to identify the period, if she WWII previous or subsequent to WWII

[drclaw]

Hi Lambert, I am far, far, from an expert on these things being a new collector myself.

But understand that silver kanji on the case suggests WWII issue ... at least for the case.

For the Manchukuo awards, gold kanji would be pre-WWII as the Manchukuo awards ceased at the end of WWII.

If you ever have the opportunity, watch The Last Emperor on DVD or BluRay. Plenty of eye candy on display - 1st/2nd class Rising Suns, Auspicious Clouds, etc. It's also an excellent film!

[Brian Wolfe]

I wish I could read Japanese...I would be on YJA picking up my own pair!

I'm with you there. On the other hand, I'd spend more than I do now and that could be a financial disaster.

Regards

Brian