JapanX Posted July 5, 2012 Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) Without wasting time on talking … Obverse Edited July 5, 2012 by JapanX
JapanX Posted July 5, 2012 Author Posted July 5, 2012 Beautiful, isn’t it? Now let’s examine another specimen. This one with original box!
JapanX Posted July 5, 2012 Author Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) Inscriptions Obverse inscription could be translated as “War Medal”. Reverse inscription could be translated as “Meiji 7th Year/First Year of the Dog” Bar has two characters that stand for “Formosa" Edited July 5, 2012 by JapanX
JapanX Posted July 5, 2012 Author Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) Original expedition strike force and casualties Thanks to Nick Komiya (who found this info in the Japanese National Archive) we know that in May 1874 under the command of Saigo Tsugumichi were 3658 men, including NCOs and above 781 EM 2643 Civilian staff 172 Servants 62 Total Japanese casualties during the expedition were 590 men, including Death by sickness 561 KIA 12 Sick 17 Edited July 5, 2012 by JapanX
JapanX Posted July 5, 2012 Author Posted July 5, 2012 Number of minted medals Thanks to Richard Catalano we know that the total number of minted 1874 War Medals was 3 677. Quite rational number when compared with 3658 original punitive expedition members.
JapanX Posted July 5, 2012 Author Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) Number of actually presented medals Thanks to Nick Komiya we know that only 2638 medals were presented, including Army Personnel 2352 Navy Personnel 286 Well, after subtracting this number (2638) from total number of minted medals (3677) we will have 1039 unissued medals. We know why 590 medals were unissued – their cavaliers were dead. We are left with 449 unissued medals. Currently we don’t know why this 449 were not presented and what happened with all these 1039 unissued medals. Regards, Nick Edited July 5, 2012 by JapanX
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