Japan, Empire. An Imperial Japanese Navy Long Service Badges from Sasebo consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac symbolic of an air battle

symbolic of an air battle victory by the upper eagle

the obverse bearing a central blue enameled disc overlaid by a gilded monogram of Peter Friedrich Ludwig

1940 / RIBBENTROP” indicating that the cufflinks were presented to Chief of the Presidential Chancellery Dr

a hole is visible to the centre of the material and the golden-yellow underlay demonstrates moderate soiling

the twelve o’clock arm with an integral loop stamped with an illegible silver hallmark

Japan, Empire. An Imperial Japanese Navy Long Service Badges from Sasebo consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac symbolic of an air battleTwo Imperial Navy long service badges in bronze. Both badges depict imagery of an anchor, a cherry blossom and a laurel victory wreath on the obverse, with Japanese characters on the reverse with a vertical pinback. The first badge measures at 29 mm in diameter and weighs 9. 6 grams, and the second measures at 23 mm in diameter and weighs 5. 4 grams. Each badge presents a dark patina, light wear, but both remain in very fine condition.