Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Rising Sun, Vi Class Archive The blade's ricasso is maker

The blade's ricasso is maker marked Solinger Metallwaren-Fabrik Stocker & Co

Accompanied by a People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD = Narodnyy Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del

wear and soiling along the edges)

with the piece comprising the medal bed sliding into the accompanying cover

Acid-etched onto the reverse of the blade is an inscription of “MEINE EHRE HEIßT TREUE” (“MY HONOUR IS LOYALTY”) in Fraktur script

Japan, Empire. An Order Of The Rising Sun, Vi Class Archive The blade's ricasso is maker(Kyokujitsu_sho). Instituted in 1875. In silver with white, green and violet enamels, red glass cabochon on both sides, a 3 5 3 configuration in the Paulonia flowers, measuring 45. 5 mm (w) x 71 mm (h) inclusive of its Paulonia flowers and laterally pierced ball suspension, intact enamels, original ribbon with hook and eye, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of the Rising Sun is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by