After The 2003 Reform
In 2003 the lowest two classes of the Order were abolished. Moreover, the badges of the Order will from now on be suspended from three white-enamelled paulownia leaves (not chrysanthemum leaves as the Decoration Bureau page claims).
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“No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimetre nearer.”
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