Two Japanese Orders & Decorations Auction this dagger features a 246

this dagger features a 246 mm nickel-plated steel blade

Motto is nice and crisp

blade maker marked A

Created by Canadian artist Charles Rich Wilcox (

Two Japanese Orders & Decorations Auction this dagger features a 246Order of the Rising Sun, 7th Class (silver with green and violet enamels, 29. 7 mm x 30. 8 mm, original ribbon with hook and eye); and Order of the Sacred Treasure, 6th Class (multi piece construction, silver with white and blue enamels, along with sixteen red glass cabochons, 37. 8 mm, original triangular ribbon with hook and eye). Chipping and crazing evident in the green enamels on the Order of the Rising Sun, light contact on the Order of the