Size 55 mm.
Thickness 8.5 mm.
Weight 130.6 g.
Reverse features a poem by lieutenant commander Takeo Hirose, who wrote it when he boarded the Fukui Maru.
七生報國
一死心堅
再期成功
含笑上船
I will be reborn seven times to repay my debt to the country,
I will die with a strong heart.
Hoping for success...
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