the severance of the left side of the chinstrap around the corresponding button
Thomas Firth & Son and "6" the steel batch number) with the owner's name partially legible and scratched nearby on the underside of the helmet at the front
constructed of dark green wool with a buckram core
he was posted to the Quebec Regimental Depot at Ripon on February 16
Japan, Empire. An Order of the Rising Sun, II Class Set in Case Republic of the severance of the left( Kyokujitsu_sho). Instituted April 10 1875. A lovely II Class set, comprising a neck badge, an eight point star in silver with white, green, and violet enamels, a dark red cabochon center, the reverse identical to the obverse, measures 55. 0 mm (w) x 86. 1 mm (h inclusive of Paulownia Flower suspension), includes neck ribbon, intact enamels, extremely fine condition. The star of the order, constructed of a silver star base, superimposed on an eight