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A small interlude. Promised photos of the doc. Awarded to Ministry of Communications Secretary Shima. The document is dated May 1, 1931

Of course not all medals were awarded. That`s why we observe from time to time mint "Boxers" and very often mint "Rehabilitations" Actually practically all "Rehabilitations" are cased and in mint condition

Very metaphorical!

Super cool info Rich!!! So the "Boxers" dominates "Rehabilitation" in propotion 1,7 to 1 . Is that really possible?! According to the Decoration Bureau the answer is yes I wonder if there will be a tremendous increase in prices of Rehabilitation medals after this thread

Rich, to judge the frequency of occurrence of this medal it will be really nice to get the second coordinate (from the same book ) For example the number of minted Korea Census medals. 35000... Hmmm... For example there were 32247 Merit medals on Blue Ribbon issued up to 1993. When I compare the "frequency" of this blue merit medal and rehabilitation medal "frequency" I've got the feeling that the later is more common. No? Of course all these my "feelings" are very very subjective And on the other hand we have an official (!) publication Yes, this is very interesting info and figures! Thanks Looks like you are having doubts about me Cheers, Nick

Thank you Pieter! M as expected ... I am quite sure that our colleagues will get the same result Regards, Nick

Here you will find a discussion of this upper "curvasive character" on the box lids and its different (early and later) styles. http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/52804-vein-approach-to-dating-rising-sun-orders-a-dangerous-path/page-6 Cheers, Nick

Just in case - this upper kanji is not the Emperor name The topic starter is absolutely wrong when he is writing about Meiji exclusivity of this "curvasive first character". Now I undertand where our fellow collectors got this idea about "curvasive" = Meiji epoch. Same curvasive character was used on the japanese box lids during Taisho and early Showa epoch. This "curvasive" style can be found on the box lids of Manchu orders that was established during 30s Recently discussed 2nd class of Clouds have this style of kanji on the lid (check the last picture) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-Manchukuo-Order-of-the-Auspicious-Clouds-/330858218267?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d08afc31b Is this Meiji box?! I don't think so ... Regards, Nick

Dear Brian, are you sure about "on the boxes"? Maybe on documents? If so, then simply look into pinned topic "How to read ..." http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/11720-how-to-read-japanese-certificates-masterclass/ Regards, Nick

I think they simply minted and awarded them for several years. Same story with Showa medals. As far as I remember they minted and awarded them in 1928, 1929 and 1930.

Cool! Not to my knowledge Rich. Never saw one unmarked or with different mark than M... Never heard about anyone who encountered unmarked "Rehabilitation" either ... I bet that if all our colleagues will check their medals today - all these will be marked with M. I wonder if I am right about this "all medals are marked with M", so please guys help me out here ;)

Saw this one These are SO rare The box is a nice touch ...

British He was honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire

I've never seen unmarked medal... All medals bear M mark Don't remember the exact price ... I remember the feeling

35 000?! I think this number is incredibly small when compared to how frequently we are encountering this medal. Feels more like 350 000... Mint story book give this number Rich?

Na, the price was too high

These issues you should discuss with its current owner

Give me some time and I'll post them

How about this one - pictures of one that was recently sold Interessiert? P.S. Nice medal by the way

In comparison to this 2nd class your Mr. Mbuto sounds like a safe deal... Cut me in!

This is his 2nd attempt ... Poor guy ... Non-paying buyers are everywhere

Nothing to worry about ... Another stand up seller

... and not our usual eastern European seller With only 22 feedbacks (and only one feedback as a seller!) this one is ready to ship to US, but he "may not ship to Russian Federation" http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-Manchukuo-Order-of-the-Auspicious-Clouds-/330858218267?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d08afc31b