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Yeah, there are a few good sellers that consistently have decent photos, but not many it seems. Funny, the eBay photos are usually better from a higher number of the experienced Japanese sellers. You'd think good photos would sell an item better - but then again, good photos show flaws and issues that can otherwise be pawned off with blanket statement like "Look at photos to judge quality", etc. - THEN POST SOME PHOTOS THAT DON'T SUCK. Geez. Rant Off.

Pricey one too, still sitting unsold, yeah?

I'm sure a lot of you have already seen this. This just doesn't look right: http://www.ebay.com/itm/JAPANESE-CHINA-INCIDENT-COMMEMOARTIVE-MEDAL-WW2-/281371657092 And so far, the bids would seem to agree.... (?)

That's what kills me about some of these auctions - the photos are GARBAGE. They generally seem a lot worse on Yahoo Japan than eBay. What's the deal, does Yahoo Auctions charge a premium for photos or something? Well, 853,000 yen with 4 days to go!! Looks like I'm out of the running.....

Claudius? Confucious?

Somebody finally bought that one on Yahoo for 65,000 yen - any of you blokes??

Renaissance Wax - reversible and great protectant. I use it on antique military small arms cartridges and muzzle covers.

That was then, this is now. My Jedi powers have increased since then. If this is the case, I could see such an error being made by the person doing the coloring. The black and white photo is pretty bad and there could be some guesswork going on??? But do you know if he never received a China Incident medal for sure?

And not thick enough to be those of the Nomonhan ribbon. You are seeing, in my opinion, photographic artifact - the blending of the colors, showing as a solid blue band, more consistent in width with China Incident than Nomonhan. The two shades of blue do not show as two distinct colors, only one. Also, reds and yellows in that photo actually seem to reproduce as reds and yellows for the most part - are you telling me that the prominent, red band down the middle of that ribbon is NOT red or that somehow the gold band on the Nomonhan ribbon is showing as red? I suppose it is possible, but I doubt it. And speaking of precedence, why exactly is the Manchurian Incident medal to the right of the Showa Enthronment medal? I thought these were worn in the order in which they were received? At least in other photos I've seen, the Showa Enthronement medal preceeds the Manchurian Incident medal. Perhaps precedence totally escapes me, but I thought national awards were simply worn in the order received by date, with few exceptions? I make no claim to fully understand this, but I don't know how useful your observation is here. Now, if you tell me that he NEVER received a China Incident medal, then color me wrong!

But, that doesn't make that a Nomonhan medal.....

Well, I can see the big red stripe in the middle of the ribbon (being overlapped by the dark edge stripe of the Enthronement medal). I think the color inaccuracies hide the more subtle light blue stripes on the edge, making them appear as single, darker blue stripes - plus, those blue stripes are thinner than the bands on the Nomonhan ribbon. Same with what appears to be yellow stripes - they are not, the color inaccuracies merely render them that way - they are the more golden brown bands. What do you think?

Wooopss!! Sorry, yes - that's what I meant, not Manchurian. Brain flatulence….. But I think it is the China Incident medal in the original, not the Nomonhan medal.

Hmmmmmm……..yeah, does make me wonder!!

Is that an unreasonable price?

So, wondering about this medal - have seen them on the lady's bow, as illustrated on Rich's site. But wondering, was the lady's version official? I only ask as I have seen this medal in photographs being worn by women, and it is not on a bow, it is the typical medal on a normal ribbon. Does anybody have a picture of a woman's version in a case? Trying to figure out if these might have been modified at some point by their owners to be more "ladylike" with a special-made lady' bow, or what have you. Ideas?

Are you saying the medal in the original photo is a Manchurian Incident medal, and not the China Incident medal?

I'm kinda surprised this one didn't sell. What am I missing? Don't know much about these, but it seems legit, does it not? Thought the going rate was more than this…..?? http://page18.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/w103239061

Can't help personally, but I might steer you here: http://www.ncjsc.org

Definitely interesting! But yeah, not blowing my skirt up.....

Well, this one came to me one year ago for the auction price of 6,095 yen, so back then that was probably like $80.00 or so. I've not been paying much attention to medals recently, a little watching nearly zero buying, so not sure one year later what one might be going for or what the general trend for medals has been recently.

Yeah, saw that. No takers thus far at 280,000 yen starting price. I don't think people generally fancy jumping into an auction with high starting prices. Or maybe I'm just CHEAP.....

This is uber-awesome. I don't think this is true for every instance - I've seen a few of these "gold mum" medals with the plain, no writing box, and different inserts. My guess is somebody thought to maybe spice these up with the gold, then other makers caught on and copied them, hence the variation.

Of course not! I only expect Nick to remember everything. The scary thing is, I think he actually DOES remember everything!! Sometimes I feel lucky if I remember what happened last week.....

We have seen this one before, but on a Sacred Treasure, 7th Class: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/53936-order-of-the-sacred-treasure-7th-class-pre-2003/

Excellent thread, getting better and better!