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JAPAN: Meiji, 1868-1912, AE medal, Unc

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JAPAN: Meiji, 1868-1912, AE medal, Unc
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JAPAN: Meiji, 1868-1912, AE medal, Red Cross Society Commemorative Medal for the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), with original hanger of issue, lustrous fields, Unc, ex Joseph E. Lang Collection. The obverse features a mythical phoenix above the traditional Red Cross symbol, surrounded by a wreath and flowers (paulownia leaves and bamboo) and the reverse contains a vertical Japanese kanji inscription divided into three lines:Top Line reading (Meiji sanjushichi-hachi-nen sen'eki – "Meiji 37-38 Campaign," referring to the 1904–1905 dates in the Meiji calendar era), Middle Line reading (Kyugo kinen – "Relief Commemoration") and Bottom Line reading (Nihon Sekijujisha – "Japanese Red Cross Society").The Red Cross Society Commemorative Medal for the Russo-Japanese War was awarded to medical personnel, nurses, volunteers, and society members (including Kazoku aristocracy) who assisted wounded and ill combatants during the Russo-Japanese War.