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JAPAN: Meiji, 1868-1912, AR medal, year 21 (1888), Brilliant Unc

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JAPAN: Meiji, 1868-1912, AR medal, year 21 (1888), Brilliant Unc
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JAPAN: Meiji, 1868-1912, AR medal, year 21 (1888), Japanese Red Cross Society (Nippon Sekijujisha); 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 // MEIJI / NI / JU / ICHI / NEN / NIHON / SEKI / JU / JISHA in Japanese Kanji, Men's Membership Medal with its original ribbon with hook and eye, likely issued in the Showa era, a gorgeous lustrous example! Brilliant Unc. The forerunner of the Japanese Red Cross Society, the Hakuaisha (Philanthropic Society) was founded in 1877 by Court Tsunetami Sano, to help those who were wounded in the Satsuma Rebellion earlier that year. Japan signed the Geneva Convention in 1886 and in the following year, the Hakuaisha changed its name to the Japanese Red Cross Society (Nippon Sekijujisha). It was recognized as such by the International Committee of the Red Cross on September 2, 1887. The medal was established in 1888 and comes in five classes: Member, Special Member, Life Member, Golden Special Member and Honorary Member.