Order of Orchids

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The Great Order of the Orchid Blossom ( Ta Hsun Wei Lan Hua Chang ) was founded on April 19, 1934 and was an award of the Manchurian Empire . The order corresponded to the chrysanthemum order in approximation to the Japanese Empire .

Medals
Breast star

Order classes

Like its Japanese counterpart, the order consisted of two classes:

Both classes could also be worn at the same time.

Order decoration

The medal consists of a stylized orchid flower, the leaves of which are yellow. The corners of the order are filled with five pearls , which together form a white stamen. The space between the yellow leaves and the stamens is enameled green. A stylized orchid blossom serves as a hanger, but is only enameled yellow on the leaves.

Carrying method

The orchid order on the ribbon was carried from the right shoulder to the left hip. The tape itself was provided with yellow with dark yellow edge stripes, which made up one sixth of the total width of the tape. The corresponding breast star consists of ten bundles of rays. Five bundles of five rays each are silver and smooth. The remaining five bundles are golden and brilliant; they consist of seven rays. The actual sign of the order is then placed in the center of the breast star. The corresponding rosette is yellow and shows an orange ring in the middle.

The orchid order as a necklace consists of 21 golden links with the medal hanging on the middle piece. The links themselves are connected with loops. The gem is the same as that of the order on the large ribbon. Each chain link consists of clouds stylized in a pentagon. Exactly half (10) of these pentagons in turn enclose stylized clouds and are completely gold, while the other ten links comprise religious emblems framed in green. The jewel is attached to the 21st link.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ottfried Neubecker : on the order of Manschukuo In: magazine uniform market. Issue 8 1944, p. 5.