China, Manchukuo, Japanese Occupation. An Order Of The Pillars Of State, Viii Class, C.1940 certificate_of_authenticity It has a black wool

It has a black wool band around its circumference

marked “W

inside with a leather sweatband

He was an extraordinary professor at the State Polytechnics (1945)

A 1934 “Der Stahlhelm” Frontsoldatentag Hamburg badge (9

China, Manchukuo, Japanese Occupation. An Order Of The Pillars Of State, Viii Class, C.1940 certificate_of_authenticity It has a black wool(Chu Kuo Chang). Instituted in 1936. In silver with red, blue, white, black and yellow enamels, Japanese Mint issued, with one bar designating it as VIII Class, measuring 40. 7 mm (w) x 51. 2 mm (h) inclusive of its suspension bar, intact enamels, very dark patina, sticker highlight evident on the reverse, very light contact, original ribbon with hook and eye, near extremely fine. Footnote: This award was one of the main orders of the Manchukuo