Photos with Russo-Japanese War Relief Commemorative Medal of Japanese Red Cross Society

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Actual veterans of Russo-Japanese War were among cavaliers of this commemorative medal. Rare photos of R-J war veteran wearing medal with the suspension of 1st type.

 

Nabeshima Nagako /鍋島栄子/ (1855–1941) used to wear her medal without any suspensions. She served as secretary and chair of the Volunteer Nurses Association /篤志看護婦人会/ of the Japanese Red Cross Society from 1887 to 1936 as well as president of the Oriental Women's Association /東洋婦人会/.

 

It took decades to find this photo.
Medal with suspension in the form of the red cross.
Unknown second lieutenant of the 27th infantry regiment.

 

The most amazing part of this photo is the form of suspension.
It does not match any of the currently known types https://asiamedals.info/threads/rus...japanese-red-cross-society.24343/#post-351189

It is some kind mix (most likely homemade as a replacement for the broken connection loop) of these two suspesions.

 

Another cavalier.

 

Another rare photo with medal completed with 1st type of suspension.
Cavalier is also wearing very unusual tunic.

 

 

Golden Kite Order on Civilian Dress

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