Japan Inner Mongolia Military Merit Decoration: Classes, Documents, Variations

[JapanX]

Indeed Mickey!

The only question: what badge was the first?

Could be Military Merit Decoration

Military Merit Decoration was introduced on March 20, 1938.

Type 4.1 and type 4.2 wound badges were introduced on August 3, 1938.

Both badges were made in Japan.

Only wound badges were manufactured by Mint (at least according to the box interior inscriptions) and military merit decoration was manufactured by private workshop (?) of Jitsuzo Hinako (according to Peterson).

[JapanX]

Specially for you Mickey

Type 4.1 Wound Badge vs. 1st class Military Merit Decoration

[JapanX]

[JapanX]

Another lighting ...

[mickey]

thanks for photos nick easier to make a comparision looking at the circle and dots in the centre you would almost put money on the badges being designed by the same person the introduction dates of the badge are close too

[JapanX]

...you would almost put money on the badges being designed by the same person ...

Either this or they were using one badge as prototype for another ;)

[JapanX]

Very interesting specimen!

Now we how the process of loosing this black oxidation of medallion looks like

[JapanX]

[JapanX]

[JapanX]

Another 1st class

[JapanX]

And again we see remains of black oxidation on the central medallion

[JapanX]

[Bob]

Already had a beige cased first class, here a dark blue cases blue enamel 3rd class

[JapanX]

Congratulations Bob.

This case is very rare  

[Danny63]

On 10/09/2012 at 16:17, JapanX said:

 

If anyone still cares, this should simply mean "Temüjin" (Genghis Khan) in mongol.