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Dear Gentlemen, - A miniature of the General Service Medal with Kashmir 1964-65 bar (in English) : - The General Service Medal with Shaqma (شقمہ ) bar : The the following paragraph and map come from the book "In the line of fire" by General Pervez Musharraf : Unfortunately, I couldn't find any information on the bar. Yours sincerely, No one

Dear Gentlemen, The "Civil Service Medal" (Janapada Seva Padaka), established on the 25th December 1966 by King Mahendra for 15 years of service and good conduct. - obverse : center a map of the administrative divisions of Nepal with the inscription "नेपाल / Nepal", above the royal headdress, the inscription in Nepali "जानपद सेवा पदक / Janapada Seva Padaka" below. - reverse : the year "2023" (B.S. 2023 = A.D. 1966) and an inscription I can't read sorry! Yours sincerely, No one

Dear Gentlemen, A group of three medals : Yours sincerely, No one

Dear Gentlemen, Here is the Cambodian (Khmer) "Friendship Medal ", which often mislabeled on auction sites. There is another one almost identical, but the ring is not painted / enameled and simpler in design (photomontage): Yours sincerely, No one

Dear Gentlemen, Well, there are other possibilities, the ones with the arrow could be the most probable. And there is this small document : Yours sincerely, No one

Dear JapanX, Tricky one but you may be right indeed, thank you. Yours sincerely, No one

Dear Gentlemen, At last I found the link, see near the end of the page. Yours sincerely, No one

Dear Gentlemen, I've had this Korean badge for a long time that I've never been able to identify with certainty. There is the " Capital Mechanized Infantry Division " / "Tiger Division" but its insignia is slightly different. And there is a striking similitude with this French badge of the Commandos 16 (Indochina): Yours sincerely, No one

Dear JapanX, Thank you. I have this Red Cross Society rosette made by 村検 Mura ken : Yours sincerely, No one

Dear JapanX, The name of this medal is "民國國民政府武官勛章 / Medal of Military attaché of the Republic of China National Government" (I think). There are six of them : I can't remember where and how I got this information, but it was in April 2016. Yours sincerely, No one

Dear Gentlemen, It's one of six medals of excellence for achievement in competitions, ( here in Chinese / in English ) : The breast star is beautiful! Yours sincerely, No one

Dear JapanX, It could be this : I can't remember where and when I read this information but I think there is a connection with Feng Guozhang. His name "Feng / 馮" use the Chinese character "horse". Yours sincerely, No one

Dear Gentlemen, What is written on the reverse, sensu stricto, is "交通部 : Ministry of Transportation". In sensu lato could it means "Communication"? Ministry of Transportation and Communications (Taiwan) - Wikipedia Yours sincerely, No one

Dear Gentlemen, Thank you for the interest you have shown on this topic. I found a link where the medal is on display, between a "Legion d'Honneur" and a "replica" of the Tokugawa medal. Yours sincerely, No one

Dear JapanX, OK, so Ōhashi kinsei is link to the Japanese Red Cross medals. And except the Japanese Red Cross medals, "大" is only found on this medal "大正三四年従軍記章" : May be one day we will find the answer ! Posted November 19, 2022 Tracy, I don`t think this is "II". This is a typical two-letter mark only it wasn`t punched well enough (shape of suspension ball wasn't helping either). Best, Nick I have the same problem, can't say if it's "II" or maybe a "M" or something else : And I have this Sacred Treasure third class with "--美-" but the neck ribbon is very narrow, never seen somewhere else: Yours sincerely, No one

Dear JapanX, Thanks again for this link, I didn't know there were so many unofficial 1894-95 medals. Your work is very impressive, it's a real pleasure to study it. Yours sincerely, No one

Dear JapanX, Thank you for the link, very helpful to date the medals. I have some, I'll continue this topic here . Yours sincerely, No one

Dear Gentlemen, I think 大 stands for 大橋 謹製 Ōhashi kinsei as can be seen on this Red-Cross rosette : Yours sincerely, No one

Dear Gentlemen, In his excellent monograph "Orders & Medals of Japan and Associated States" James W. Peterson wrote about the bar of the "1900 War Medal", I quote "... and the attached bar is of the usual form, with four seal characters translating "China Incident"". I think that the four seal characters stand for "Qing Dynasty Incident". Yours sincerely, No one

Dear Gentlemen, Thank you for your interest. I don't know if the lacquered cases are made of "kiri / paulownia". But the cases of the War Medals and Commemorative Medals of the Meiji and Taishō era and most of the other badges are. Of course, there can be some exceptions. Yours sincerely, No one

Dear JapanX, Thank you for the information. I have this Dark Blue Ribbon 昭和五十五年四月二十六日 Shōwa 55 / April / 26th (1980), same year as the bar, with "BB" on the reverse of the bar : Yours sincerely, No one

Dear Gentlemen, Presentation of the "Medal of Honor Blue Ribbon / 藍綬褒章 / Ranju hōshō" : To Kobayashi Haruna 小林春成 - 明治廿九 年三月廿 六日 Meiji 29 / March / 26th (1896) : To Ishidzu Gisaburō 石津 儀三郎 - 昭和四十年十月九日 Shōwa 40 / October / 9th (1965) : To Fujiwara Minoru 藤原 稔 - 平成六年四月二十九日 Heisei 6 / April / 29th (1994) : One sake cup : And I have this bar but to whom and for which medal? Shōwa / August / 27th (1980) : Yours sincerely, No one

Dear Gentlemen, This part is missing in the PDF : Yours sincerely, No one

Dear Gentlemen, The "kiri / 桐 / paulownia" is at the heart of the Japanese culture along the cherry tree. It's found on orders, decorations, medals, "mon" linked to the Imperial family, event the seal of the Prime Minister of Japan . The wood is used to make the cases of the medals or precious items (and furniture, specially to store kimonos). It's often, unfortunately, mistaken for balsa wood, a South-American tree. This tree is in a little garden at the back of Reimeikan : Yours sincerely, No one

Dear Gentlemen, Another update. The Reimei kan medal, on the cover, was sold in an auction (for X millions￥) to a private collector and is now on display at the Satsuma Densho kan ( here ). The second one is not displayed anymore at the Shoko shusei kan ( here ), but you can buy this : I don't where is or what happened to the third one. Yours sincerely, No one