Japan, Empire. Orders And Medals Of Japan And Associated States, Third Edition Hold in turn overlaid by a

in turn overlaid by a central RAD insignia

a white enamel Maltese Cross

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the reverse inscribed “Für Treue Dienste in der SS” (German - For Loyal Services in the SS)

the reverse in bronze patination presenting the royal symbol of the Arrows and Yoke

Japan, Empire. Orders And Medals Of Japan And Associated States, Third Edition Hold in turn overlaid by aHardcover, bright red cloth cover, the text on the front cover and the spine in a gold coloured ink, entitled "Orders and Medals of Japan and Associated States, Third Edition", by James W. Peterson, with revisions and additions by Barry C. Weaver and Michael A. Quigley, Orders and Medals Society of America (OMSA) Monograph No. 1, OMSA Publications Chairman Barry C. Weaver, copyrighted by OMSA in 2000, published in the United States of America by the