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Funny, how close the ribbon colors resemble colors of this well-known medal
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Reverse inscription reads 中華民国国民政府主席 – President of National Government of Republic of China 訪日纪念章 – In Commemoration of Visit to Japan 民国30年6月 - 6th month 30th year of Chinese Republic
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Box inscription
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Time for a cased specimen!
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Screw was not completely problem-free
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Reverse
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Found another nice specimen for our gallery. Not from museum thought Was on sale three years ago - the selling price is unknown to me (50 k`s was the starting price). Two digit number - pnly the first is known - 9
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Reverse
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Closer
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Obverse
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"In the box" views
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Looks familiar
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Ok. Second round What would be your time assessment for this specimen?
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"Nightmares" and "real bargains" often come together :whistle:
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Great photo! Nice looking medal! Very interesting info Gavin! :beer:
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Well, you know me I don't like this approach ... I am sure that you remember how well this "two different styles of kanji on the boxes lids - two different epochs" approach for dating order boxes worked out ... Anyway, it is [1941- around 1956] period of time we are talking about :beer:
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Naaaa $150 is a "sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet" deal and $330 is just another ordinary "sweeeeeeeeet" deal :whistle:
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Everlasting doubts about my info ... Again? And you are dating orders and boxes by rosettes and paper liners ... Again ;)
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Cool find Alex :cheers:
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I believe that their composition was changed on August 12, 1941 from silver to silvered bronze. As for the time of "change back" - no info There is a VERY high probability that balsa boxes belong to the post war period (after 1956). Remember that Golden Special Member medals have the same balsa boxes as orders ;)
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Well, these are not that rare ... And 1300 for this piece without ribbon, rosette and box is way too much Two months ago one such order (practically in mint condition, but without the box) was sold in Moscow only for $330 This is what I call sweeeeeeeeet deal :whistle:
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Same feelings here ...
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What happened with "after the war life was hard" theory? The order fits very well to this "time pattern", don't you think? By the way, the usual quality of pieces that we found in balsa (wooden cases) is a little bit higher (and I am not sure that they all came from 30s and WWII time period - actually I think many of them (if not all) might belong to the after WWII period)
