Japan, Empire. A Red Cross Order of Merit, I Class, in Case Archive This took time and made

This took time and made active frontline service impossible

The helmet consists of a non-magnetic shell in the traditional “soup plate” form

It is conferred to foreign military leaders

/ DIPLOME d'HONNEUR / Décerné à Monsieur Schenck Chrétien Salins les Bains

with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika

Japan, Empire. A Red Cross Order of Merit, I Class, in Case Archive This took time and madeInstituted June 21, 1888. A Savoy Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central blue enameled medallion decorated with a silver applique, the reverse with a similar central blue enameled medallion with script in Japanese, suspended from a pierced ball suspension and swivel ring from its period original bow ribbon, measuring 45. 7 mm (w) x 51. 0 mm (l), enamels intact, minor wear, extremely fine. Contained in its presentation case, a