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    Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum at Christmas


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    Absolutely stunning Nick! Thanks for sharing this treat.

    Merry Christmas guys and thanks for all your contributions and posts this year.

    Ours can be a lonely hobby (it's not like you can wander into your local pub and discuss insignia variations on the Order of the Golden Kite ...).

    But being part of this community really makes a difference.

    Well said Gavin! Thanks to all the GMICers, I have had such a great time reading all the posts and learning quite a bit.

    Merry Christmas to all!

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    Ok.

    Let`s roll!

    Our first stop will be collection of Metropolitan Museum.

    Grand Gordon was added to museum collection in 1906 as Gift of Edward D. Adams and Jacob H. Schiff.

    Museum dated this specimen as "late 19th century"

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    Next stop - Grand Gordon of 5th and 17th Prime Minister of Japan Marquess Ōkuma Shigenobu.

    He got it on July 14, 1916

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    Really interesting question will be:

    when this interior was changed to dark blue one http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_12_2013/post-6141-0-11888100-1387984778.jpg?

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    My current time estimates will be:

    for case with dark blue interior - at least since January 1922

    for case "with birdies" interior - at least until January 1926.

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    Ok, right but if the 1906 added set features the same characteristics as the 1916 set it's practically not possible to differentiate between late Meiji and Taisho?

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    First will be this gorgeous and super rare posthumous doc that was issued to 24th Prime Minister of Japan Count Katō Takaaki on January 28, 1926 (many thanks Pieter! :cheers:)

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