Japan, Empire. An Order of the Sacred Treasure, III Class Case with Award Document Buy Now On returning to the West

On returning to the West coast in August of the same year

the reverse with a Griffin wielding a Baden coat of arms

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the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet)

Japan, Empire. An Order of the Sacred Treasure, III Class Case with Award Document Buy Now On returning to the West, Zuih sh. Institution date: January 4, 1888 by Emperor Meiji. A Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure, III Class Case. The exterior is of black lacquer with Japanese characters on the top. The interior of the case consists of two different mediums, the top a purple cushioned fabric and the bottom a purple velvet medal bed made to house a third class medal, it also has a space underneath the medalbed for the ribbon to be tucked. It measures at 82. 4mm