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Why I am not surprised ... As for instability: this red cardboard box couldn't be exclusively associated with only one type of the medal ;)

Indeed! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanji

By the way, the box looks like it was made in China ;)

That`s what I am talking about! Boxed specimen with rosette!!! (could you make a good photo of the last one?)

Check this piece also http://www.antiqueswords.com/product-786-Pre-WWII-Period-Japanese-Men-s-Red-Cross-Medal.htm Cheers, Nick P.S. ... and I recently saw this (so typical for red curdboard boxes) medal (with this spreading clamp) in classical black lacquered box ...

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It looks like we have usual (for red cross medals and orders) case of instability ...

Belgium, Leopold I vs. Greece, Order of the Redeemer

Belgium, Leopold I vs. Netherlands, Order of Orange Nassau

The funniest thing is that your special medal is exactly the same piece that I posted in # 11 and # 12. Take a close look and compare their ribbons Thanks for this photos mate! Regards, Nick

That`s all chaps Regards, Nick

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Nope. We all know the answer... These freaking evil dealers again!!! Evil dealers are everywhere Usually they change evrything to green (since it is "not a difficult task" for decent evil dealer to find green one in his evil shop) ... Looks like they made a blunder... At last! Or suckers ran out of green ribbons?! But why they used sash?! Obviously suckers ran out of neck ribbons!!! :rock on:

I believe here we have this very same bar in person!

Highlights ;)

Bar close up

Yep. The only question is the size of this badge and the sash (it doesn`t look like usual neck ribbon ) The color of the ribbon is also a peculiar one ;)

Please welcome Prince Alexander Petrovich Oldenburgsky (1844-1932)

Almost unreal photo! Breast star with diamonds for non-Christians. The name of the cavalier is Seid-Asfendiar-Bogadur Khan. He was Hivanese Khan between 1911 and 1920. Modern calorizing of course...

What? You don`t see it? Here it is under the crossbelt ;)

Albert Edward Prince of Wales (future Edward VII) with same reduced badge

Prince Alfred Duke of Edinburgh & Saxe-Coburg Gotha with very interesting reduced version of the badge fro wearing in the bar.

Close up

High-ranking Persian official