Japan Orders of the Precious Crown from the Collection of Metropolitan Museum

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Usually the only way to observe all eight classes of this beautiful order will be illustrations in different books and brochures devoted to japanese awards.

Like this one.

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Nice!

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Of course official brochures

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Maybe you even have a few pics of the GC that aren't from a book? I have never seen some.

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or this one

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My personal favorite

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Maybe you even have a few pics of the GC that aren't from a book? I have never seen some.

Well, that’s how all 8 classes looks in real (museum ) life.

Grand Cordon

Edited May 28, 2013 by JapanX

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Yummy!

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Another breast star can be found here http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/51446-breast-star-of-the-order-of-sacred-crown/

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2^nd class

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3^rd class

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4^th class

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5^th class

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6^th class

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7^th class