drclaw Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Here are two interesting images of Puyi's Empress Wanrong of Manchukuo. She is wearing a sash and what appears to be two breast stars. These have me stumped. They don't look like the Order of the Orchid Blossom, especially the smaller badge which has a dark circular ring in the centre medallion. Any ideas? Could it be an award of one of the small number of countries that gave diplomatic recognition to Manchukuo? Unfortunately these are the best images I've been able to find. http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_01_2014/post-11630-0-86193400-1388566976.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_01_2014/post-11630-0-41919500-1388566992.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 One of these two breast stars is 1st class of japanese order of Precious Crown (勲一等宝冠章). Here it is http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/58628-orders-of-the-precious-crown-from-the-collection-of-metropolitan-museum/?hl=%2Bprecious+%2Bcrown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drclaw Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 (edited) That's the one! And the sash is the same colour too. Well spotted Nick! The big breast star in the coloured photo looks like either the Auspicious Clouds or the Pillars of the State. I'm guessing it's the Auspicious Clouds as the senior Order equivalent to the Order of the Rising Sun. Edited January 1, 2014 by drclaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Countries that formally recognized the land of plenty Japan — September 16, 1932 Salvador — March 3, 1934 Vatican — April 18, 1934 (de facto) Italy— November 29, 1937 Spain — December 2, 1937 3rd Reich— May 12, 1938 Hungary — January 9, 1939 Slovakia — June 1, 1940 Wang Jingwei Government — November 30, 1940 Romania — December 1, 1940 USSR — March 23, 1935 (de facto); April 13, 1941 (de jure) Bulgaria — May 10, 1941 Finland — July 18, 1941 Croatia — August 2, 1941 Thailand — August 5, 1941 Denmark — August 1941 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 So second breast star could be Special Class of The Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand http://www.cabinet.thaigov.go.th/eng/d_Crown00.htm No? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drclaw Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 Could be Nick, could be. But the centre medallion in the photo appears red. That said, you can never trust these hand-tinted photographs in getting the colours right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 But the centre medallion in the photo appears red. That said, you can never trust these hand-tinted photographs in getting the colours right. Yes, but the center of precious crown breast star appears white instead od dark blue :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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