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JAPAN: AE medal, National Census Commemorative Medal, 1920, AU

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JAPAN: AE medal, National Census Commemorative Medal, 1920, AU
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JAPAN: AE medal, National Census Commemorative Medal, 1920, The 1920 National Census Commemorative Medal, with original clasp, and ribbon, AU. The 1920 Japan Census Medal was given to official census takers or those employed by the census bureau. The medal was instituted by Imperial Edict on 17 June 1921 to acknowledge those who participated and assisted in the first national Japanese census that began on 1 October 1920. The obverse shows the figure of an official of the Taika (Great Reform) era (AD 646) with a brush in his right hand, a rolled scroll in his left, standing before a table, all within a scalloped border representing the outline of a chrysanthemum crest. The reverse has the inscription 'Taisho 9th Year / National Census / Commemorative Medal / 10th Month, 1st Day’.