Japan, Manchukuo. An Order of the Auspicious Clouds, I Class Set in Case Archive Awarded for the election and

Awarded for the election and arrival of Ferdinand Saxe Coburg and Gotha of Knyaz of Bulgaria

15 mm (h - inclusive of its crown and ring suspension)

1918 for service with the French Army of the Orient

Footnote: Walter Allan Dicks was born on December 6

Japan, Manchukuo. An Order of the Auspicious Clouds, I Class Set in Case Archive Awarded for the election and(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