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Original Japan WWII Imperial Japanese Military Medals of Honor and Decoration Lot - 3 Awards With Boxes

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Original Items: Only One Lot of 3 Available. Military Medal of Honor was a military decoration for meritorious service to the Empire of Japan, formerly awarded to all military personnel who participated in battles in a war. These war medals and accompanying certificates specifically identify the conflict for which the decoration will have been awarded.

These decorations were effectively abolished during the Allied Occupation of Japan in the post-war years (1945–1951). The plausible re-institution of a modern equivalent was made unlikely by the adoption of Japan's post-war Constitution which disavows the right of the state to engage in aggressive war; but on-going political pressure for an amendment to Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution renders that prospect marginally possible.

The Includes:
- The 1937-45 China Incident War Medal With Case: The China Incident Medal was established by Imperial Edit No. 496 on July 27, 1939 and awarded for service in China at any time from the 12th through the 20th years of the Shōwa period (1937–1945).

An amendment was promulgated by Imperial Edict No. 418 in 1944, and the decoration was abolished in 1946 by government ordinance No. 177. Although the Japanese government still uses “China Incident” in formal documents, media in Japan often paraphrase it with other expressions like Japan-China Incident (日華事変, Nikka jihen) or (日支事変, Nisshi jihen). The medal is struck in bronze and has a swivel grip. The obverse shows crossed flags, the imperial mum crest, and a crow. The reverse shows mountains, clouds, and waves, as well as the inscription ‘China Incident.’ The ribbon is 37mm wide, watered, of 3 mm blue (the sea and the Navy), 7.5 mm tan (the soil of China, for the Army), 3.5 mm dark pink (the bloodstained soil of China), and 2 mm bright red (blood and loyalty).

- WWII Japanese Red Cross Medal With Case: To honor those who donated blood or gave aid to the Red Cross during World War II, the Japanese government established the Red Cross Medal.

- WWII Japanese Patriotic Women’s Association Membership Badge With Case: The Patriotic Women's Association (Aikoku Fujinkai) is the oldest of the women's associations, having been founded on March 2, 1901 by Okumara Ioko. It was under the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Health and Welfare. By 1940, it had 6,500,000 members in Japan and overseas. Prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, there were association branches in Canada, the United States and Brazil, as well as in the various territories occupied by the Japanese armed forces. In February 1942, it merged with the Greater Japanese Women's Association for Protection of the Country and the Greater Japan Federation of Women's Associations into a new association which was called the Greater Japanese Women's Association.

Comes more than ready for further research and display.

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