Japan I wonder what happened with this Order of Precious Crown

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Rosette

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Now this central medallion and crown in HQ

Nice details

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Closer

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Closer ...

Closer ...

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Birdie

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Crown

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Closer

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Yep, definitely stamping

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better quality photos of ladies to be admired.

First - a composite photo

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2nd class

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4th class

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4th class

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5th class

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6th class

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7th class

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and, finally, 8th class

[JapanX]

Amazing collection David!!!

Not to mention that 2nd class and 5th class are from Meiji!

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Oh my god! I'm blown away

What a collection!

[JapanX]

Nice 7th and 8th classes.

Both have typical for Showa Crowns grainy medallion surface.

Horizontal pins?

Edited December 27, 2013 by JapanX

[JapanX]

Yes, they are!

Again many thanks for sharing David!!!

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Back to this strange specimen.

Well, could earlier 7th and 8th class have soldered crowns?

Because later definetly haven`t

Here we have another Showa example

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Same features as before

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But early 8th and 7th classes have differently looking crowns

Here we have a nice example of such crown (unconfirmed sources claim that it is currently in the collection of very well known Ukrainian collector)

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Really nice reeeeeeaaaaaly early piece!