Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Paulownia Flowers, Grand Cordon, C.1900 GTRexclude with 3 white enameled plum

with 3 white enameled plum blossoms in each star quadrant

Star I Class""

all parts unmarked

measures 13 ½ inches (34cm) in length

Footnote: The 12th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops was formed in the spring of 1918 by the conversion and re-designation of the 3rd Labour Battalion

Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Paulownia Flowers, Grand Cordon, C.1900 GTRexclude with 3 white enameled plum( Tka sh). Instituted 1888. An impressive sash badge consisting of four armed white enameled Ray Cross in silver gilt, with delicate purple enameled Japanese Imperial symbol of the Paulownia Flowers in each quadrant also in silver gilt, obverse centre in silver featuring a beautiful red glass cabochon encircled by a red enameled Imperial symbol of the Rising Sun, double sided, suspended by a green and purple enameled Imperial Paulownia crest in silver