Order of the Sacred Treasure - Hallmark "ナ"

[Uffz. Rohleder]

Today i got this nice Sacred Treasure - after the Buy i saw its hallmarked with the Katakana ナ

What do you think in which period this sacred treasure was made?

 

 

Thanks for looking

Stefan

[Uffz. Rohleder]

And the Case - i dont know if the case is original to the sacred treasure - its my first sacred treasure medal

 

[Uffz. Rohleder]

Maybe you ca see the Hallmark here better

[Uffz. Rohleder]

Looks like the kanji on the case are Hand painted. 

Are this real or some Kind of repair? 

[Dieter3]

Yes, that case is original. I don't have a Sacred Treasure with this particular hallmark, but I've got a Rising Sun with one:

I believe the Rising Sun to be a Meiji-era piece, but I'm going to guess that your Sacred Treasure is a late-Meiji to early-Taisho era piece. 

[Uffz. Rohleder]

Thanks for showing your rising sun. I didnt Saw an other hallmark like this. 

That would be fantastic If the medal were from the late meiji / early taisho period 

 

Greetings Stefan 

[JapanX]

I think this treasure came from (approximately) 1910s-1920s period of time

[fukuoka]

There were three main private manufacturers of the orders up until 1929:

Hirata Haruyuki (平田春行) Namikawa Sousuke (濤川惣助) Ohki Souho (大木宗保) 

The 'na' hallmark most likely belonged to Namikawa.  

If you have my medals newsletter of 2012, I wrote about this in issue #7 and included a short bio of Namikawa.

[Uffz. Rohleder]

Thank you for the Nice additional informations. 

Were can i find your newsletter? 

 

[fukuoka]

Check out my medals website. Lots of good pictures and assorted info throughout the site. The newsletters were pdf files and they are sold in my website store.

http://imperialjapanmedalsandbadges.com

 

 

[paul wood]

Fukuoka,

Your site has been of immense help and value.

Thank you for all the work you have put in.

Paul

 

 

[Uffz. Rohleder]

Fukuoka, thats your Website?  Fantastic i have saved the Website on my Browser since long time! 

 

Very Nice and helpful Website.  

Edited May 1, 2015 by Uffz. Rohleder

[fukuoka]

Cheers. Thanks for the kind words.

Best,

Rich