Japan, Manchukuo. An Order of the Auspicious Clouds, II Class Set in Case Auction 2nd Class with Cased -

2nd Class with Cased - Bronze gilt on tombac

Wrapped around the frog is a mis-matched portepee consisting of a stylized silver-grey threaded acorn with a blue and yellow threaded cupule and stem

During the Great War he remained employed in India

Instituted in 1868: in silver with blue

one vertical)

Japan, Manchukuo. An Order of the Auspicious Clouds, II Class Set in Case Auction 2nd Class with Cased -(Ta Hsan Wei Lan Hua Chang). Instituted on March 1 1934 by Emperor Kang Teh of Machuria. A beautiful and rare set of the Order of the Auspicious Clouds, presenting a neck badge in silver gilt, a four point star with clusters of three rays, the central enamelled in white with each flanking ray in yellow, between each cluster of rays sits a blue enamelled cloud and the space below enamelled in black, the obverse medallion with a central yellow field