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

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JAPAN: Meiji, 1868-1912, AR medal, year 21 (1888), Unc
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JAPAN: Meiji, 1868-1912, AR medal, year 21 (1888), Japanese Red Cross Society (Nippon Sekijujisha) Men's Life Membership silver medal, with original pale blue ribbon of issue and light blue rosette, attractive toning, Unc, ex Joseph E. Lang Collection. The design features 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 and MEIJI / NI / JU / ICHI / NEN / NIHON / SEKI / JU / JISHA in Japanese Kanji on reverse. 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 on the Red Crosson 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. This example likely issued in the Showa era.