Questions About Order of the Sacred Treasure Breast Stars

[TracA]

Greetings,

 

I have some questions about Order of the Sacred Treasure breast stars. According to Peterson’s “Orders and Medals” third edition, there is no difference between Grand Cordon/1st class and 2nd class breast stars. So, if one simply had a breast star with no award certificate and no box (let’s set aside the possibility that the award certificate and/or box were not originally matched to the breast star), then there would be no way to tell if the breast star was a 2nd class award or a Grand Cordon award. Is this correct? Are there no other possible consistent, subtle differences that would allow one to tell the difference between a Grand Cordon breast star and a 2nd class breast star? Perhaps there is a pattern of silver vs. gilt on the eight sets of four white enameled rays?

 

Thank you for your expertise.

 

Tracy

[JapanX]

17 minutes ago, TracA said:

So, if one simply had a breast star with no award certificate and no box (let’s set aside the possibility that the award certificate and/or box were not originally matched to the breast star), then there would be no way to tell if the breast star was a 2nd class award or a Grand Cordon award. Is this correct?  

 

Yes, it is correct.

[TracA]

Thanks Nick.

 

Tracy