Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Golden Kite, I Class Grand Cordon, Taylors Copy visually-hidden The crossguard itself is that

The crossguard itself is that of the solid nickel-silver kind

the interior content consisting of black-and-white images of awards and decorations produced by the firm spanning the later Imperial

with a long prong to secure to the handle

demonstrating minor soiling and fading

The appraisal states a $5

Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Golden Kite, I Class Grand Cordon, Taylors Copy visually-hidden The crossguard itself is that(). Instituted February 12, 1890. A modern talyors copy of this order, comprising a badge in bronze gilt, an eight point red enamelled star with multiple smooth rays , 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 presenting heraldic mitsutomoe devices and a silver, green, purple and blue enamelled feature superimposed on the kite,