Japan Rosettes

Imperial Japan
http://www.imperialjapanmedalsandbadges.com/rosettes.html
http://www.imperialjapanmedalsandbadges.com/rosettes2.html as of 03/2013

Medal Rosettes

The various orders all came with button or bow rosettes. I am not sure what the difference is, but it may have to do with the date of production. I'll have to confirm that. These button rosettes were worn in the slot on a lapel of a coat. You can see by the pictures that the different classes have different styles. The Red Cross medals also have rosettes. Note that the commemorative and war medals had ribbon bars in lieu of rosettes. The Merit Medals had pin bow rosettes, not the button style. I have also seen some Merit Medal ribbon bars.

Here are a few. I don't have a complete set, so if anyone can fill in the gaps, I'd really appreciate it.

You will see some button rosettes that combine the colors of two or three awards. These are authentic. It would be a bit unwieldy to have three different rosettes, so the combination rosette was made. I am not sure how the different classes are expressed, though. These combination rosettes are official, but they had to be specially ordered and the individual paid for them.

The Rising Sun award

1st Class
15 folds

2nd Class

3rd Class. The 1st and 2nd
Class have more folds.
Note that a box is included here. This may be a replacement or
perhaps the box was given along with the medal's presentation box. I am not sure.

3rd Class.

4th Class	4th Class mini	5th Class	Button Hole 5th Class	6th Class
7th Class	8th Class	1	1	1

The Sacred Treasure award

1	1st Class 15 folds	2nd Class 10 folds	3rd Class 8 folds	1
4th Class	5th Class	6th Class	7th Class	8th Class
4th Class	4th Class mini	1	1	8th Class

The Golden Kite award
The Golden Kite has no 8th Class

15 folds	4th Class	5th Class	6th Class	7th Class
		early (1900-1910s)

Other varieties

Rising Sun 7th and an Order of the sacred treasure 6th medal	yellow half is probably the Sacred Treasure medal, and since there are four folds, this might be for the 3rd Class medal (which has 8 folds on a full rosette)	blue half I am not sure about. The color matches that of the 1914-5 and 1914-20 War Medals, but I don't think these medals had their ribbons incorporated into a button rosette. But since the multi-ribboned rosettes were privately commissioned, perhaps it is possible.	Sacred Treasure + ??
Mixed. 3rd Class Sacred Treasure & 5th Class Rising Sun.	Mixed. 3rd Class Sacred Treasure & 5th Class Rising Sun.	Mixed. 3rd Class Sacred Treasure & 5th Class Rising Sun.	Mixed. Sacred Treasure, Golden Kite, & Rising Sun.
Mixed. Sacred Treasure, Golden Kite, & Rising Sun.	Mixed. Sacred Treasure, Golden Kite, & Rising Sun	Rosette with ribbons from three medals: the Golden Kite, the Rising Sun, and the Sacred Treasure	1