Yoshio Tamiya (1905–1988), awarded 1976 Tetsuo Toyama, awarded 1968 6th class, Silver Rays Capt. Philip Going, approx 1905 Eijiro Iwamura, 1975 Chinyei Kinjo, 1968 Chozaburo Kusumoto, 1906 Mary Cornwall Legh (1857–1941), awarded 1939 Capt. Mitsuo Matsumoto (Japanese: 松元三男), (1919-2004), officer of the Japanese Imperial Army, awarded 1944 Hannah Riddell, (1855–1932) awarded 1924 Ted Tsukiyama (1920–2019) awarded 2001 His Majesty Ariki Tuheitia of New Zealand, awarded 2015 Ko Wichun, member of the suite of the Korean Crown Prince, awarded 1908 7th class: abolished While established with the original induction of the First 6 classes, Class 7 has never been issued or given an official designation or design. Officially the Medal and its designation were abolished in 2003; there are no known recipients or issuances of this Medal in its original design from 1887. 8th class: abolished While established with the original induction of the First 6 classes, Class 8 has never been issued or designated a design, like Class 7 Before it. Officially the Medal and its designation were abolished in 2003; there are no known recipients or issuances of this Medal in its original design from 1887. General Class Jackson Bailey, awarded 1988 Carmen Blacker (1924–2009) Faubion Bowers Ernesto Burzagli (1873–1944), awarded 1906 Winfield Scott Chaplin (1847–1918), awarded 1882 George Ramsay Cook, awarded 1994 David Culver Dorothy DeLay Mamadou Diarra, awarded 1988 (Order with sunburst) Robert Lawrence Eichelberger Yoshikawa Eiji, awarded 1962 Anton Geesink John Whitney Hall Heinrich Hertz Marcel Junod, awarded 1961 Takahira Kogoro (1854–1926) Kume Kunitake, awarded 1889 Tokubei Kuroda (1886–1987), awarded 1939 Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, awarded 2003 Toshirō Mifune, awarded 1993 (Order with gold ribbon) Lawrence Olson, awarded 1987 Fusakichi Omori, awarded 1928 Jean-Jacques Origas, awarded 1998 John Roderick, awarded 1985 Renato Ruggiero Jack Seward, awarded 1986 Edmund Charles Wyldbore Smith (1877–1938) Kenjiro Takayanagi, awarded 1989 Tomoyuki Tanaka, awarded 1981 Eiji Tsuburaya, awarded 1970 Yosh Uchida, awarded 1986. Morihei Ueshiba (1883–1969) J.R. Wasson (1855–1913), awarded 1874 Gallery See also Order of the British Empire (UK) National Order of Merit (France) Order of Civil Merit (Spain) Order of the Star of Italy Order of Service Merit (ROK) Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (Grand Decoration in Silver with Sash, in Silver with Star, in Silver, Decoration of Honour in Silver, Decoration of Merit in Silver, Silver Medal) Order of Merit (Portugal) References Sources Peterson, James W., Barry C. Weaver and Michael A. Quigley. (2001). Orders