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Nick, I would say TONO Kishichiro or FUJINO Kishichiro Great items!!!

Anyhow an intersting point: A medal, which was established in 1930 for a disaster, which happend in 1923 and seems like produced/awarded (at least) until 1932. Nice variation anyhow! Good luck, Dieter!

Cool idea, Nick! I think I will safe money for a new printer. Might be not that difficult to get any authentic paper (Nick, any connection to the paper-mafia?). And then - let's start a new business! I accept any offers! Showa 7? Showa 12? No problem - customer is king!

I wish, I could take you at your word... Maybe, I looked at the wrong corners?

Good luck!

Interesting to see this set, without being able to judge authenticity of this combination: China Incident Commemorative Medal + case from a China Incident War Medal. Some rhetoric thoughts: ...a contemporary combination for presentation reasons? ...an alternative solution because of lack of (official released) cases for the China Incident Comm. Medal? ...or just a feeble construction of this dealer to push the sales? BR, Chris China Incident War Medal

Make sense! (Sorry for the double-posting, my PC is already in sleeping modus )

No preference with LDO

This means, it WAS possible to buy cases at any (military) shop in the 1930s/40s?

Sorry for this stupid question, but what is so special on the Showa 7 wrap? To get it right, there are wrap papers with the year Showa 5 (1930) and 6 (1931)?

What about a neutral and privately bought item? E.g. a wooden box? I'm curious, if boxes could be available freely and persons could buy them.

Money doesn't matter! - just kidding!

Well, if MY dream comes true and I would own this set, I AM PLEASED But indeed, a very nice medal! Congrates to the buyer

I'm not that easy to please

Whose dream?

Agree with Dieter - phantastic item! Thanks for sharing, Pieter / Nick!

Nick, I don't think we can use numbers of PRODUCED medals to numbers of (really) AWARDED medals and in argumentum e contrario, get back to the ratio. Depending on the sources (e.g. Susanne KUSS: 'Deutsches Militär auf kolonialen Kriegsschauplätzen[...]', pp. 58-59), number of Japanese soldiers during the Boxer Rebellion varies from 17,000 to 22,000 men. This does not include any "non-military persons", of course. How should we "justify" 54,000 (produced? or awarded?) medals?

I wash my hands on it!

Absolutely stunning information! Thank your for sharing it!

I don't know either - just a hypothetical guess. But why not? Maybe some "over-worked" Japanese worker forgot to mark some medals?

That's a great find! Can you specify more detailed, what kind of documents these are? Is it any official volume or some (yet) not published sources from any archive?

Gents, Although not really optimistic, I’d like to start my enquiry here. For my PhD, I’m looking for any personal belongings or information about the Colonel Marquis Torataro SAIGO (1866–1919), member of the famous Saigo-clan. Saigo was commander of the POW “camps” at Tokyo Asakusa and later, in Narashino, before he died on the Spanish Flue in 1919. I’d like to underline, that this is not a “Buy Enquiry” / bid! I’m not interested in buying any belongings, but will be happy for any copies for the sake of my research! I am not sure, if there are still some belongings existing in some collector hands or in any archives or inside members of the Saigo family. If somebody has some hints or ideas, it’ll be really grateful! Any comments are welcome via pm. Thanks in advance and br, Chris

Another one - with "origin" case

That would mean in conclusion: a) no other makers b) "only" 35,000 (official-minted) pieces (or c) unmarked Osaka-minted pieces) Right?

How much?