Japan Manchuran Incident Medal - Wrapper?

[Dieter3]

Current auction.

I've not seen a wrapper like this with this medal before, they are always specific. I suppose the other kanji could be folded under where we can't see 'em, but notice how close the kanji are to the 4 large center kanji in the second pic. Is this some kind of "generic" war medal wrapper? The 4 main kanji seem larger too as compared to the "correct" wrapper, maybe just an optical illusion?

Edited February 17, 2013 by Dieter3

[JapanX]

Definitely not our usual wrapper!

Wrapperist dream? :whistle:

[Dieter3]

WIsh I could see it unfolded! You know me and wrappers......

[JapanX]

;) :lol:

[No one]

Dear Gentlemen,

 

Mine came with this medal " National Border Incident War Medal".

 

The only inscriptions are the ones that are visible.

 

 

 

Yours sincerely,

No one

[TracA]

No One,

 

Interesting. The only ones that I've seen and have are also medal specific, instead of a generic "military service medal", or something like that.

 

Tracy 

[No one]

Dear TracA,

 

Unless it's for the 'National Border Incident War Medal', they appear to be generic.

 

Have you noticed that my wrapper has parentheses or brackets, whereas the one posted by Dieter3 doesn't?

 

 

What are those wrappers? There is a new enigma that needs to be solved.

 

Yours sincerely,

No one

Edited April 8 by No one

[TracA]

No One,

 

I hadn't noticed that about the parentheses. Excellent point, and it adds to the mystery.

 

If I recall Peterson and Catalano, the 'National Border Incident War Medal' for Nomenhan is technically a Manchukou commemorative medal, but because the quality is so high and the design so similar, it is believed that they were made in Japan. Perhaps that's why the "made by the mint" on your wrapper is surrounded by parentheses and the wrapper for Dieter3's is not. Perhaps the parentheses were used to signify that although the award was made by the Japan mint, it was done so for a "foreign" country, so-to-speak.

 

All the best,

 

Tracy

[No one]

Dear TracA,

 

"Perhaps the parentheses were used to signify that although the award was made by the Japan mint, it was done so for a "foreign" country, so-to-speak."

 

It is an interesting hypothesis that didn't cross my mind.

 

Yours sincerely,

No one

[TracA]

No One,

 

Since the original posts were from 11 years ago I checked JapanX's Medals of Asia website at https://gmic.co.uk/topic/57578-manchuran-incident-medal-wrapper/#comment-730981 to see if he had any updates on these types of wrappers. Alas, he does not.

 

All the best,

 

Tracy