Wiki - Orders and medals of Japan

Database of decorations, orders and medals

Our intention is to provide our fellow collectors with a series of catalogs of decorations from various eras and countries in order to help them catalog their awards in the exciting world of military collectibles.

Orders and medals of Japan

The japanese decorations begin their history during the Meiji Restoration in the 1870s, their orders and medals are closely linked to traditional Japanese iconography, such as orders such as the Order of the Rising Sun or of the Sacred Treasure, the Order of the Golden Kite, etc, These articles are intended to bring this field of  phaleristic.  In this section you can find information and images of some of these decorations, in the near future we will be adding articles and sections on different  military and civil decorations and medals.