red ribbon medal of honour awarded in 1883

  1. Red Ribbon Medal of Honour No.1 awarded in 1883 to Captain Nathan Carver /American bark Abbie Carver/

    The Emperor of Japan awarded Nathan Carver of the bark Abbie Carver medal of the red ribbon and a citation for his rescue of thirteen shipwrecked Japanese fishermen on September 12, 1881.. The Emperor expressed his “high appreciation of [Carver’s] humane action toward the unfortunate Japanese...
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