Merit Medals from Korean Residents Union in Japan/Mindan/在日本大韓民国居留民団有功章

Mindan (Korean: 민단, Hanja: 民團), or the Korean Residents Union in Japan (Korean: 재일본대한민국민단, Japanese: 在日本大韓民国民団), is one of two main organizations for Koreans living in Japan, the other being Chongryon. Mindan has ties to South Korea and was established in 1946 in Tokyo, Japan. Currently, among the 610,000 Korean residents in Japan who have not become naturalized Japanese citizens, 65% are members of Mindan, and another 25% are members of Chongryon.​

https://www.mindan.org/

1st type.

Obverse



reverse




有功章 - Merit Badge/Medal


在日本大韓民国居留民団 - Republic of Korean Residents Union in Japan

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place for the No. of the number and mark of the Tokyo workshop Tomei

Badges, labels and marks of Tōmei badges/Tōmei kishō/東明徽章

The main post war manufacturer of War Wounded Association Badges. Workshop in 1950. Jimbocho, Tokyo. 2018.

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On the ribbon bar again

在日本大韓民国居留民団 - Republic of Korean Residents Union in Japan

 

Original case.

 

Merit badge stamped 84 - 04 07.



Obviously it belong to much earlier period than the previous badge.

 

Reverse insciption is changed.

Now it has date

1983.10.3.

and it rubber stamped

84 - 04 07

 

Same manufacturer lable inside the case and mark on reverse of the badge.

 

Merit badge stamped 84 - 03 39.



Original case.



Tōmei.

 

Photos courtesy of the owner.

 

2nd type.

No. 528

Specimen from the collection of Don Pfeifer. Photos courtesy of the owner.

Obverse

功勞章 - Merit Medal/Badge

reverse

在日本大韓民国居留民团 - Republic of Korean Residents Union in Japan


Original case.


功勞章 - Merit Medal

在日本大韓民国居留民团 - Republic of Korean Residents Union in Japan

 

No. 465