China Medal in Commemoration of Second Anniversary of China Provisional Government

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Interesting medal (token?) that was issued in 1939 to commemorate 2^nd anniversary of collaborationist pprovisional government.

Basic info about this brave new Provisional Government of the Republic of China can be found here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_the_Republic_of_China

We will go straight to the treasures

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Very nice uncased specimen

Obverse

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Reverse

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Obverse inscription

紀念 – In commemoration

Reverse inscription

中華民国二十八年 – 1939

中華民国臨时政府成立二周年紀念章 – Medal in Commemoration of Second Anniversary of Declaration of Provisional Government of the Republic of China

十二月十四日 – December 14

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Many (if not all) were made in Japan by japanese manufacturers.

Why?

Because we have variation made in silver with 100% japanese mark "pure silver" on reverse that can be found in 100% japanese case

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Another marked specimen

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And another silver one, but this one with the ribbon (most likely it is not original to this token)

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Mark

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Back to the unmarked examples.

Very interesting specimen in original box.

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Box lid inscription and reverse inscription are the same.

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Very interesting additional reverse stamp that reads

Senior NCO Kuroyanagi Akira, and the company, Mori Youkou that made it.

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Another case, but most likely unoriginal to the token

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Another case from Ando workshop

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Two additional examples of umarked variation