Japan, Empire. A Pair of Orders & Awards visually-hidden later the same day Brillant

later the same day Brillant led two platoons in a successful attack on enemy positions after his company’s progress was again checked by machine gun fire

Instituted on 7 May 1765

In the pictures he ranks as Flieger (private equivalent)

while the other bears an inscription of “GÖRZ

Japan, Empire. A Pair of Orders & Awards visually-hidden later the same day Brillant1. An Order of the Rising Sun, V Class, (Kyokujitsu_sho). Instituted in 1875. In silver with white, green and violet enamels, red glass cabochon on both sides, a 3 5 3 configuration in the Paulonia flowers designating it as V class, measuring 45. 58 mm (w) x 71. 36 mm (h) inclusive of its Paulonia flowers and laterally pierced ball suspension, intact enamels, original ribbon with hook and eye, in original case, black lacquer exterior, with rich purple