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Japanx ha scritto: Although I prefer chinese orders with japanese retrogusto

Like this one

What we have here is

Tung-Kuang –Hsun-Chang

This order was established on March 5, 1943 in 9 classes “to commemorate the return of the national government to Nanking on that day” (although another Japanese reference book gives the date of establishment as 25 February 1943).

This order have typical Chinese design and manufacture, as is the sash and also the presentation case, which is of brocade silk. The badge of the Special Grand Cordon has a 5 point star in white, in a red ring bearing nine gilt stars, in a blue ring with nine white clouds, on an 8 point star of narrow rays, on 8 large double-pointed rays enameled alternately and it is suspended from a gilt cloud design which is suspended from a gilt ball-tipped 5 point star. The sash is 100mm unwatered raw silk, red with 19mm yellow edges. The breast star is (blank) mm, gilt, and has a (blank) mm silver 5 point star on white in a red circle bearing 9 gilt stars, in a blue ring bearing 9 white clouds on an 8 point star of 32 double-pointed, white enameled silver rays, superimposed on 8 large double-pointed gilt rays enameled alternately blue and white, and with (blank) rays in the angles. Chinese characters in frame, with pin, in original case with indication "Special Slass of the Order of the Common Honour" in Chinese characters"

Lets take a close look at this special class, cause I have one in my collection

Case

Sash badge obverse

Reverse

Details
Typical chinese enamels

Suspension

Seal

Breast star

Details

Seal

Sash

Japanx ha scritto:Breast star

I like the breast star. Have pictures of how it was worn?

Damn heavy too.
Three pieces construction

Japanx ha scritto: Three pieces construction

How were assembled? I do not see rivets. (Come sono stati assemblati? Io non vedo rivetti).

Indeed, there is no rivet.
I guess cold wending of some kind.

By the way, this is another interesting feature of this set.
All other sets that I saw (four sets are known as per today ) had breast stars with screw construction.

Japanx ha scritto:Indeed, there is no rivet.
I guess cold wending of some kind.

By the way, this is another interesting feature of this set.
All other sets that I saw (four sets are known as per today ) had breast stars with screw construction.

Molto Jugoslavo-Ungherese.

Beautiful piece
Why 9 classes...

filo ha scritto:

Japanx ha scritto:Molto Jugoslavo-Ungherese.

Aha!
Only a little bit more pricey

SergioV ha scritto: Why 9 classes...

Typical practice for chinese and japanese orders.
Why nine?
At first because of the

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-rank_system

Later - because of the tradition.

SergioV ha scritto:

Is this a second class?

It sure is

9 stars = 1 class
8 stars = 2 class
7 stars = 3 class
6 stars = 4 class
5 stars = 5 class
4 stars = 6 class
3 stars = 7 class
2 stars = 8 class
1 star = 9 class

Seal on the back of 1st-9th classes looks like this
seal of the special class looks like that