A First War Medal Trio to Lieutenant Rayner
demonstrating tarnishing and loss of finish throughout
When he died in 1735
the album measuring 177 mm x 295 mm x 37 mm in height
In die stamped pebbled aluminum with aluminum face plate affixed by 1 of 4 tabs
Japan, Empire. An Early Order of the Sacred Treasure, I Class Grand Cordon Set in Case visually-hidden A First War Medal TrioInstituted January 4, 1888 by Emperor Meiji. A sought after set, comprising a sash badge in silver gilt, a four armed cross with clusters of five white enamelled smooth rays, the longest two on the outside edges, the obverse medallion presents a silver floral shaped mirror on a blue enamelled field, surrounded by two rings, one pebbled, one smooth, with sixteen red cabochons on the arms arranged in a star pattern, the reverse presents four rivets for