Japan, Manchukuo Empire. An Order of the Pillars of the State, VIII. Class Auction and Breast Star: in silver

and Breast Star: in silver gilt with red

A picture postcard of a large group of seamen

The interior of the tunic is fully lined with black rayon liner

14 June 1940

Japan, Manchukuo Empire. An Order of the Pillars of the State, VIII. Class Auction and Breast Star: in silver(Guji zhzh xnzhng). Instituted September 14th, 1936. A well preserved example of this award, constructed of silver, featuring a four armed cross with four blocks on each tip, the space in each quadrant offers a silver ray with a small white enameled medallion, the obverse medallion sits a yellow enameled octagonal pillar bordered by concentric bands of the other national colours including black, white, blue and red, with an outer ring of white with