Order of the pillars of the state

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The fourth class of the Order of the Supports of the State

The Order of the Supports of the State ( Chu Kuo Chang ) was founded in May / June 1934 and was an award of the Manchurian Empire . In addition to the Order of Orchids , the Order of the Sublime Dragon and the Order of the Auspicious Cloud, it represents the last of four donated orders and thereby achieved complete conformity with the Japanese religious system. The Order of the Supports of the State and the Order of the Auspicious Cloud alternated in rank and thus corresponded to the customs of the Japanese Empire with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun and the Order of the Sacred Treasure .

Order classes

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

Order decoration

The ribbon of the Order of the Supports of the State is a red ribbon, which is lined with yellow margins that make up 1/6 of the total width of the ribbon. The sign of the order of all eight classes consists of four columns placed in a cross, which are red in the enamelled classes (1st to VIth class) and extend from an octagonal center piece. This center piece consists of the concentrically arranged national colors Manchukuo, yellow in the middle and the subsequent colors, red, blue, white and black. The whole octagon is surrounded by a white border, which is patterned with small black dots. Each of the four pillars shows five glassy building blocks, with a larger building block holding the other four above. The cross angles of the medal show a flame-shaped ornament, which is crossed with a diagonal pen. There are pearls on the pin as well as in the cross angles, i.e. three per corner.

The breast star has eight rays and consists of four bundles of seven silver rays each crossed, and four bundles of five golden rays each in the slope. It is worn in class I on the left side of the chest and in class II on the right side of the chest. In the second class it is considered the main order, in the first class as a subsidiary order. The order of the III. Class is worn as a collar order and is also considered a subsidiary order of the second class.

The five lowest classes (4th to 8th class) to be worn on the left side of the chest show the same medal, but are only enamelled in the middle, their pillars are white. The medal of the IV. And V class is gold and the VI., VII. And VIII. Classes in silver. These classes show a hanger on their upper side, in the form of a clasp, which consists of a golden row of ears with silver foliage. The subsequent ribbon of the order is laid horizontally and not, as usual, following the Mongolian tradition, is laid to form a triangular ribbon. The lowest classes are also distinguished by narrow clasps on the ribbon. In the fourth and fifth classes, like the medal, these are gold with a white enameled background and ornaments also in gold. The fourth class has two braces, the fifth class only one. The last three classes (VI., VII. And VIII.), On the other hand, have silver clasps with embossed ornaments and thus correspond to the execution of their decoration in silver. Three clasps indicate the VI., Two clasps to the VII. And one clasp to the VIII. Class.

Similar to Japan , the rosette was worn in the buttonhole and only differed in its color and pattern in the individually awarded classes. The rosette of all eight classes was red with yellow lines. The first and second classes were only distinguished by a yellow ring, the III. with a yellow cross and the fourth grade with a yellow cross. The V. and VI. Classes were marked by six radii, the VII. And VIII. Class by three yellow radii.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Uniform Markt magazine, year 1944, issue 8, p. 5, technical report by Ottfried Neubecker on the orders of Manschukuo