Size 25 mm.
Weigh 8.53 g.
Obverse
起工明治四十四年十月一日 - Started (lit. setting to work/break ground) August 4th, 1911
Emblem of South Manchuria Railway
竣工明治四十四年八月四日- Completion October 1, 1911
reverse
安奉線改築 - Anfeng Line (a.k.a. Antung–Mukden Line) Reconstruction
紀念 - Commemorative
Weigh 8.53 g.
Obverse
起工明治四十四年十月一日 - Started (lit. setting to work/break ground) August 4th, 1911
Emblem of South Manchuria Railway
竣工明治四十四年八月四日- Completion October 1, 1911
reverse
安奉線改築 - Anfeng Line (a.k.a. Antung–Mukden Line) Reconstruction
紀念 - Commemorative
During the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese military hastily built a narrow-gauge (2-foot-6-inch) light railway between Antung (now Dandong, on the Korean border) and Mukden (now Shenyang). Because it was slow and inefficient, the SMR undertook a massive engineering project to completely rebuild the line into a standard-gauge railway, standardizing it with the rest of the SMR network.
August 4, 1911 - this date marks the completion of the track-laying (the linking of the rails) for the newly converted standard-gauge Antung–Mukden Line.
October 1, 1911 - the fully reconstructed, standard-gauge line was officially opened to regular traffic.
August 4, 1911 - this date marks the completion of the track-laying (the linking of the rails) for the newly converted standard-gauge Antung–Mukden Line.
October 1, 1911 - the fully reconstructed, standard-gauge line was officially opened to regular traffic.