The ~edal Collector~ OFFICIAL PUBLICATIOH

OF

THE ORDERS AHD MEDALS

SOCIETY OF AMERICA

PRESIDENT RolFe R. Holbrook Coral GaMe:; Florida

F I FTH ANNUAL CONVEN T 1 ON

1 ,S,SUE

VOL. 15 SEPTEMBER 1964 NO.9

HAWAIIAN ORDFRS~ COLLARS

THE HAWAIIAN ORDERSI C OJ IARS BY WINQ COMMANDER E.H.OITooLE

IN HIS VALUABLE BOOK RHAWAIIAN ROYAL 0RDERBa~ GORDON MEDOALF MEN-"

TIONB BUT DOES NOT ILLUSTRATE THE SPECIAL COLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH THE

TWO SENIOR 0RDERB, IN THE CASE OF THE COLLAR oFKAMEHAMEHAI HE STATES

THAT NO OESCRIPT|ON IS AVAILABLE EVEN IN THE STATE ~RCHIVEB OF HAWAII.

THE COLLAR OF KAMEHAMEHA I WAS CONFERRED ON ~JEEN VICTORIA AND THE

EMPEROR MUTSt,IHITO OF J~PAN AND THE COLLAR OF KALAKUA ON THE PRINCE OP

WALEB~ LATER KING EDWARD VII, AND KALAKUA HIMSELF. THESE WERE THE.ONLY

AWARDS EVER MADE AND OCBURED IN 1~81.

KNOWING THAT THE ORDERS GIVEN TO BRITISH ROYALTY FOR GENERATIONS

PAST ARE CAREFULLY pRESERVED IN THE LIBRARY AT WINDSOR CASTLE~ I ~DE

ENQUIRIES THERE AND WAS DELIGHTED TO DISCOVER THAT THE EXCEEDINGLY RARE

COLLARS OF HAWAII ARE STILL IN THE ROYAL COLLECTION IN THEIR MINT STATE.

BY GRACIOUS PERMISSION OF HER MAJESTY THE ~JEEN THEY ARE ILLUSTRATED~

PROBABLY FOR THE FIRST TIME9 IN THE MEDAL COLLECTOR.

THE COLLAR OF KAMEHAMEHA IS IN SILVER--GILT AND ENAMEL AND CONSISTS

OF ~ LINKBp ALTERNATELY CROWNBp ORNATE nKI8" AND 8MALL ENAMELLED BADBE8

OF THE ORDER. THE FRONT DEVICE IS A WREATH ENCLOSING AN ORNATE "Ktto

THE COLLAR OF KALAKUA IB OF THE SAME MATERIALS BUT HAS ~7 LINKB~ AL-

TERNATELY ORNATE "KoI,KtB" AND KAHILI8 OR HAWAIIAN ROYAL EMBLEM8. THE

FRONT DEVICE 18 A WREATH ENCLOSING AN ORNATE "K.I.K.". THE 8ABN~ STAR

AND BADGE OF GRAND CROSS ACCOMPANIES BOTH COLLARS.

JAPANESE AWARD ~DAL8 TO THE DEAD - "THE JAPANESE CABINET FRIDAY APPROVED

POSTHUMOUS DECORATIONS FOR ~)~2 SERVICEMEN AND GOVERNMENT WORKERS WHO

DIED DURING WORLD WAR tl. mAMONG THO8E HONORED ARE FOUR JAPANESE ARMY NURSE8 KILLED WREN THE

ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROBHIMA IN 1~[~." THE ABOVE FROM A CLIPPING DATE1D JUNE 27~ l~J~ SENT IN BY DICK JOHN8ON.

ANNOUt’~E)AF.N~- THE PARIS MINT HAS FINALLY RELEASED FOR 8ALE TO COLLECTOR8

THE NEW DECORATION CALLED THE "ORDRE DU MERITE NATIONAL FRANCAIS" (FRENCH

ORDER OF NATIONAL MERIT). TMIS DECORATION WILL PARTIALLY REPLACE THE LEG-

ION OF HONOUR WHICH~ HAVING BEEN AWARBEO TOO FREQUENTLY~ WAS ¢ONSIDERES

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC TO HAVE LOST IT8 ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANCE.

IN THIS WAY~ HOWEVER9 THE LESION OF HONOUR WILL REOAIN THE IMPORTANCE AT-

TACHED TO IT BY ITS CREATOR~ THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON~

THIS ~W ORDER WILL ALSO BE USED IN PLACE OF CERTAIN OTHER DECORA-

TION8~ SUCH AS THE ORDER OF AGRIBULTUREp INSTITUTED BY VARIOUS MINIS-

TRIES.

THE RIBBON OF THE NEW ORDER IB BLUE. THE DECORATION ITSELF 18 COM-

POSED OF A STAR WITH SIX DOUBLE BRANCHES; IN THE CENTER IS THE VIRGIN OF

THE REPUBLIC=

THE LOWI~ST CLASS OF THE ORDER Ia CHEVALIER~ FOLLOWED BY THE OFFICER

AND BOUNDER CL.ABBES, AFTER WHICH COMES THE GRAND CROSS=

THE OFFICIAL PRICES OF THE PARIS ~INT ARE A8 FOLLOWBI (~HEVALIER --

~ FRS. j OFFtCIER -- 7~ FRB=; ~ANDEUR -- 1~ FRO. T~ERE ARE ABOUT

FRANCS TO THE DOLLAR.

THE ABOVE INFORMATION COMES FROM A.G, VAN DER DUG~N~ ~7 RUE DI~U-

TERVILLE~ PARIS ~0~ FRANCE. HE IS ABLE TO SUPPLY THESE PIECES AT THE A-

BOVE PRICES PLUS THE COST OF SH~PPING AND HANDLING. ~NTERESTEO PERSONS

SHOULD WRITE DIRECTLY TO THE ABOV~ ADORESSo