Medals of Honor from the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

About the collection

Orders of Golden Kite from the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

All japanese orders and medals that are currently in the collection of the Museum came as a gift from two prominent bankers Edward D. Adams and Jacob H. Schiff. Both had close ties with japanese government. Exerpt from Annual Report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, No. 37...

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All medals are unissued (i.e. without engraved dates and names).

Red ribbon.

Dimensions: 3 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (7.9 × 3.5 cm)

 

Green ribbon.

Dimensions: 3 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (8.3 × 3.5 cm)

 

Blue ribbon.

Dimensions: 3 × 1 3/8 in. (7.6 × 3.5 cm)

 

Yellow ribbon (silver version).

Dimensions: 2 7/8 × 1 7/8 in. (7.3 × 4.8 cm)

Yellow ribbon (gold version).

1887 Yellow Ribbon Medals of Honor in Gold

Only 54 gold medals were awarded between July 20, 1887 and January 10, 1894. This is one of them. Currently in the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art. Dimensions: 2 7/8 × 1 7/8 in. (7.3 × 4.8 cm)

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