Various Schools
Cross in gilded bronze and enamels
on a double loop for suspension from its shortened period original neck ribbon
1942 = eleven months and eight days)
well worn condition
China, Manchukuo, Japanese Occupation. An Order Of The Pillars Of State, Vi Class, C.1940 Buy Now Various Schools(Chu Kuo Chang). Instituted in 1936. In silver with red, blue, white, black and yellow enamels, Japanese mint issued, with three bars indicating VI class, measuring 40. 5 mm (w) x 51. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its suspension bar, intact enamels, original ribbon with hook and eye, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: This award was one of the main orders of the Manchukuo Empire. It is said that this order corresponded with the Japanese Order of