Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Golden Kite, I Class Star certificate_of_authenticity the arms and background are

the arms and background are pebbled with a pearled border and flat border

the pinback maker marked with Präsidialkanzlei code “4” for Steinhauer & Lück

Fittings are silver plated and show moderate wear

measuring 155 mm (w) x 228 mm (h) x 8 mm (d)

two small interruptions in the fabric on the obverse

Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Golden Kite, I Class Star certificate_of_authenticity the arms and background are(). Instituted February 12 1890. In silver, an eight point star of alternating clusters of three yellow enamelled rays with silver borders and five red enamelled rays with silver gilt borders, superimposed on the obverse sits a blue enamelled golden kite with yellow enamelled crossed swords with silver hilts atop the arms and a red flag at 3 and 9 oclock and a silver, green, purple and blue enamelled feature superimposed on the kite, surmounted by a