Japan, Empire. An Order of the Rising Sun, II Class Set in Case Republic of Dolphin on December 16th

Dolphin on December 16th

Thomas Firth & Son and "6" the steel batch number) with the owner's name partially legible and scratched nearby on the underside of the helmet at the front

at the age of 41 and is remembered with honour on the Plymouth Naval Memorial

measuring 60 mm (w) x 87 mm (h)

Japan, Empire. An Order of the Rising Sun, II Class Set in Case Republic of Dolphin on December 16th( Kyokujitsu_sho). Instituted April 10 1875. A lovely II Class set, comprising a neck badge, an eight point star in silver with white, green, and violet enamels, a dark red cabochon center, the reverse identical to the obverse, measures 55. 0 mm (w) x 86. 1 mm (h inclusive of Paulownia Flower suspension), includes neck ribbon, intact enamels, extremely fine condition. The star of the order, constructed of a silver star base, superimposed on an eight