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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日露戦争広瀬武夫中佐記念文鎮
錨マーク 金属製記念メダル/文鎮
頃発行の日露戦争征露記念メダル
Reverse engraved
東山見有志 - Higashiyamami [Village] Volunteer
and stamped with Tokyo workshop Tenshōdō /天賞堂/ mark (another medal from the same manufacturer with the same mark https://asiamedals.info/threads/qing-conquest-commemorative-medal.26218/)
Original ribbon.
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1895年征清凱旋紀念章
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天賞堂
天賞堂謹製
征清凱旋紀念章
征清軍隊凱旋記念章
明治卄八年征清凱旋紀念章
明治廿七八年凱旋紀念章
Specimen from personal collection.
Obverse
征清紀念 - Qing Conquest Commemorative
Excellent craftsmanship.
Reverse marked.
Tokyo workshop Tenshōdō /天賞堂/ is poorly readable (another medal from the same manufacturer with the same mark...
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天賞堂
征清章
征清紀念章
明治二十八年征清紀念章
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