Japan, Manchukuo. An Order of the Auspicious Clouds, I Class Set in Case Archive maker marked "ВОЕНН

maker marked "ВОЕНН

The belt is a fine example of a Political Leaders belt and buckle in the wide belt version at approximately 60mm ( 2

trimmed along both the top and bottom with twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire piping

Footnote: Josef Kociok (1918–1943) was a pilot in the Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front and a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross

1918 for service with the French Army of the Orient

Japan, Manchukuo. An Order of the Auspicious Clouds, I Class Set in Case Archive maker marked "ВОЕНН(Ta Hsan Wei Lan Hua Chang). Instituted on March 1 1934 by Emperor Kang Teh of Machuria. A beautiful and rare set of the Order of the Auspicious Clouds, presenting a sash badge in silver gilt, a four point star with clusters of three rays, the central enamelled in white with each flanking ray in yellow, between each cluster of rays sits a blue enamelled cloud and the space below enamelled in black, the obverse medallion with a central yellow field