Japan, Empire. An Order of the Golden Kite, IV Class Auction Brillant enlisted in the 189th

Brillant enlisted in the 189th Battalion

officially impressed on the QSA and KSA and personally engraved on the KSM

(Retired) and GROUP CAPTAIN STAN TURNER

Footnote: On April 15

Japan, Empire. An Order of the Golden Kite, IV Class Auction Brillant enlisted in the 189th( (Kinshi kunsho). Instituted in 1890. In silver gilt and red, purple, yellow, blue, and white enamels, the badge depicting a golden kite above crossed ancient shields with two crossed spears and banners, on original striped green ribbon, 50 mm (h) x 46 mm (w), enamels intact, in extremely fine condition. In its hard shelled case of issue, balsa wood frame, the exterior with a black lacquer finish, gilt characters on the lid, violet satin lined on the