IJN Veteran League Medal

[RRicardo]

Hi,

I purchased recently this medal below and seller told me it's a IJN Veteran League Medal. I never had see one like this before. Please, can someone confirm to me if seller's information is correct? Is this medal from WWII periode? And can someone tranlate to me what means the kanji characters at reverse?

Thank you very much.

Regards,

Ricardo

[JapanX]

Hi Ricardo,

... and seller told me it's a IJN Veteran League Medal

Nope.

This is Regular Member Badge of Imperial Seafarer Relief Society (established in 1881 to help seamen by money, housing, health care, etc)

Is this medal from WWII period?

It may be, but it's hard to date these badges with certainty ...

Regards,

Nick

[RRicardo]

Thank you very much Nick.

I found a very interesting page about this and another japanese badges, based in your information:

http://www.imperialjapanmedalsandbadges.com/seafarer.html

Regards,

Ricardo

[JapanX]

http://www.imperialjapanmedalsandbadges.com/seafarer.html

Yep.

Rich site is a great source of info.

You may also find this source very useful

Paul Murphy, Steven Ackley (2006) “In the name of Living God”, pp. 48-52.

Cheers,

Nick