Japan 1914-1920 War Medal.

[Georg14]

Good day! It is depressed by set of fakes. All offers from Britain - how much frequent fakes of this medal ? and advise where to take the guaranteed original. Thanks.

[Paul L Murphy]

I have never seen a good fake of this medal, it is a very safe medal to buy since it is not actively faked. The Victory Medal has French made copies but the 1914-15 War Medal and 1914-20 War Medal does not. Where have you seen these fakes ?

[Dieter3]

Do you have any pics. of the fakes? If you do, please post them! If no photos, what tipped you off that they are fakes?

[Georg14]

It is a lot of offers of purchase of this medal from Britain (on-line shops, eBay...), but I did not assert that it is fakes. If a lot of 'Victory Med.' are false, it is possible also other medals are too, that interested me before buy this medal. I have no photo of fakes, and opinions of local collectors can discredit the original, therefore I will refrain of references. Many thanks.

[Paul L Murphy]

The Victory Medal has been widely copied, however the War Medals have not. You are pretty safe buying the 1914-20 War Medal. If you are still concerned you can send me a PM with your details and what you need and I will have a look for them when I am in Japan at the end of this month.

Regards,

Paul

[Georg14]

Thanks for the offer, but it is not necessary. While it is safe buying, I will do it through the I-net. Regards.

[jshorter]

Hi Nick,

If you happen to read this post, can you provide the Kanji & pronunciation for this medal? I've been able to find the translations for the rest of my collection (with your help!!!), but this one stumps me a bit.

Thanks again!

Jason

[JapanX]

Another antique thread is back!

Here we go.

Kanji

大正三年乃至九年戦役従軍記章

Pronunciation

Taisho San-Nen no Itaru Kyuu-Nen Seneki Juugun Kishou

Cheers,

Nick

[jshorter]

Thanks Nick!

I was able to read "Taisho San-Nen", "Kyuu-Nen" and "Juugun Kisho", but was having problems with the rest!

Kindest regards,

Jason