Russo-Japanese War Relief Commemorative Medal of Japanese Red Cross Society/日本赤十字社 救護紀念章 明治三十七八年戰役章

Photos of the medal cavaliers https://asiamedals.info/threads/pho...ve-medal-of-japanese-red-cross-society.24627/

Copper.
Size 30 mm.

Reverse

明治三十七八年戰役 - 1904-05 Military Campaign

救護紀念 - Relief Commemorative

日本赤十字社 - Japanese Red Cross Society

 

Medal was issued as special commemorative gift from Her Majesty the Empress and Ministry of the Army for relief efforts during 1904-05 military campaign. Medals were minted from the "captured russian metal". Medals were manufactured by several workshops with and without suspensions. Sometimes ribbon of the official red cross medal was used (at the initiative of the cavaliers themselves) instead of suspensions.​

Standard original case for these medals.

1st type of suspension.

Suspension reads 紀念 - Commemorative.

Case.

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Color variation of case.

Informational leaflet inside.
Note the stamped inscription 海軍省 - Ministry of the Navy near printed 陸軍省 - Ministry of the Army.

Medal.

 

Another variant of informational leaflet.

Another medal inside interesting case.

Manufacturer label reads

日本赤十字社 - Japanese Red Cross Society

御用 - Purveyor

東京下谷仲町通 - Shitaya Nakamachi-dori Street

大橋謹製 - Made by Ōhashi

See https://asiamedals.info/threads/mark-on-japanese-orders-and-medals-who-and-when.16355/#post-260715

Case dated October 3, 1905.

Another example.

 

2nd type of suspension (enameled red cross with clamp fastening).

 

Inside original case.

 

3rd type of suspension (enameled red cross with pin fastening).

Case.

 

4th type of suspension (cloth red cross).

 

Sometimes with 4th type could be found with original leaflet.

佩用具摸形 - Wearing Device.

Medal.

 

Another example of 4th type.

 

Silvered Medals.

Rare variation from personal collection.

 

Cased specimen.

 

Reasons for the silvering of copper medals remain unknown.

 

Medals with official red cross awards ribbon.

Female version.

Have this one interesing specimen in my collection.
Early double pin construction and even ring of the bow is in copper.

 

Male version.

 

Last (known for today) variation of fastening.

 

Another example of medal with female ribbon bow.

 

This time special member`s bow was used.

 

Home-made bow.