Japan, Empire. A Cased Order of the Rising Sun, III. Class, Commander United Republic of but on a much smaller

but on a much smaller scale

inscribed "RITORNEREMO

maker marked "B & N L" (for Berg & Nolte

for: an impact on work conducive to the growth of labour productivity and improvement in product quality

Japan, Empire. A Cased Order of the Rising Sun, III. Class, Commander United Republic of but on a much smaller(Kyokujitsu Sh). Instituted on October 4th, 1875. An extremely well preserved example of this award of very fine craftsmanship, crafted of gilded silver with white enamels in the shape of an eight pointed star, with clusters of three intermediate rays, all with cleft endings, the obverse centre exhibiting a beautiful glass cabochon in red colour, the reverse presenting a double sided design, suspended by a green and violet enamel imperial symbol of