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    Title

  • Imperial Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, awarded to Albert Mosse by the Meiji Japanese Government

  • Physical Description

    1 medal : metal, laquer, and fabric, + ribbons ; 3.3" x 2.2" ; 8.5 x 6 cm

  • Date

    circa 1890

  • Notes

    Original presentation box in 61.79b.

  • Summary

    Medal depicting a radiant red sun with white beams suspended from a paulownia leaf and blossom with classical Chinese characters (verso side of leaf). Hung from a white ribbon with two red stripes, to be worn around the neck. Two extra ribbons stored with the medal.

  • Depicted

    Mosse, Albert, 1846-1925

  • Subject

    Dai Nippon Teikoku Kenpō Seiteishi Chōsakai; Medals, Japan; Nineteenth century

  • Medium

    Medals; Objects

  • Part Of

    Mosse Family Collection, AR 25184

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

The Imperial Japanese Order of the Rising Sun received by Albert Mosse as recognition for his work leading to the Administration Code of Municipal Self Government of Japan, c. 1890.

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Citation

Imperial Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, awarded to Albert Mosse by the Meiji Japanese Government, Leo Baeck Institute, 61.79a.