Regular Membership Medal, the Japanese Red Cross, Japan, 1946

Regular Membership Medal, the Japanese Red Cross, Japan, 1946

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Description (Brief)
One (1) Regular Membership Medal, the Japanese Red Cross
Japan, 1946
Obverse Image: Bamboo Paulownia (Kiri crest) wreath to the right and left of the Red Cross emblem, above a phoenix O-tori, all surrounded in a pearled border.
Obverse Text: Romanization: N/A
Reverse Image: Two lines of Kanji.
Reverse Text: Romanization: MEIJI / NI / JU / ICHI / NEN / NIHON / SEKI / JU / JISHA (Translation: Meiji 21st year, Japan Red Cross).
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
medal
date made
1946
place made
Japan
Physical Description
aluminum (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 1.9 mm x 29 mm; 1/16 in x 1 5/32 in
ID Number
2017.0116.314
catalog number
2017.0116.314
accession number
2017.0116
Credit Line
Howard F. Bowker Family
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East Asian Coins
Data Source
National Museum of American History
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Comments

Hello! I´d like to inform you that this object is not a coin, but rather part of a medal. Originally it should have had a red ribbon with white stripes and a bottom in the same colors. The ribbon was clamped to the upper part of the medal, instead of being attached to a ring, as would be usual in western decorations.

Newton Machado

Wed, 2020-05-27 17:13

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