Japan 7th Class Golden Kite Document for Siberian Intervention

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This one was issued on November 1, 1922.

Name of the cavaier Matsubara Genichi, holder of the 8th decorated rang.

Pretty rare doc that I recently added to my collection of golden kites

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It will be interesting to compare this Taisho document with classical Meiji document from Russo-Japanese War.

Here we have an exellent example of such doc.

Issued on April 1, 1906.

Cavalier name: superior private Fukushima.

Edited December 10, 2012 by JapanX

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Comparison

General engraving details are practically the same (1922 doc detail is on the left)

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But seal ink color is different

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The ribbon is different too