Japan. A Naval Officer's Cap Badge, C.1940 Auction by Herman Aurich (marked on

by Herman Aurich (marked on reverse)

whereupon he assumed responsibility primarily for delegational duties

on period first pattern ribbon

MONTREAL 1917" and numbered "19420" on the reverse

Japan. A Naval Officer's Cap Badge, C.1940 Auction by Herman Aurich (marked onGilt fouled anchor with gold coloured bullion wire, mounted to a central medallion with a black wool background, the medallion ringed in two rows of gold colored wire and placed upon a wreath fabricated from gold coloured bullion wire, each of the veins in the leafing highlighted by rolled gold coloured copper wire, with fine copper wire below the medallion at the junction of the wreath leafing, the wreath surmounted by a silvered metal cherry