Japan Phaleristical Mistakes in "Letters from Iwo Jima"

[Dieter3]

And not thick enough to be those of the Nomonhan ribbon. You are seeing, in my opinion, photographic artifact - the blending of the colors, showing as a solid blue band, more consistent in width with China Incident than Nomonhan. The two shades of blue do not show as two distinct colors, only one.

Also, reds and yellows in that photo actually seem to reproduce as reds and yellows for the most part - are you telling me that the prominent, red band down the middle of that ribbon is NOT red or that somehow the gold band on the Nomonhan ribbon is showing as red? I suppose it is possible, but I doubt it.

And speaking of precedence, why exactly is the Manchurian Incident medal to the right of the Showa Enthronment medal? I thought these were worn in the order in which they were received? At least in other photos I've seen, the Showa Enthronement medal preceeds the Manchurian Incident medal. Perhaps precedence totally escapes me, but I thought national awards were simply worn in the order received by date, with few exceptions? I make no claim to fully understand this, but I don't know how useful your observation is here.

Now, if you tell me that he NEVER received a China Incident medal, then color me wrong!

[JapanX]

And speaking of precedence, why exactly is the Manchurian Incident medal to the right of the Showa Enthronment medal?

Of course Manchu should be on to the right of Showa (according to the official order)

But many japanese officers prefer to put war medals before commemorative ones

Why he didn't put Manchu before Taisho is beyond me ... guess he was too shy for this

And not thick enough to be those of the Nomonhan ribbon.

I don't think so

[JapanX]

Btw, you weren't sure that it is China even in this thread

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/48431-lt-gen-tadamichi-kuribayashi-award/

Edited June 8, 2014 by JapanX

[JapanX]

Another problem with this photo - it (could be) artificially colored

[JapanX]

Check out this version

[JapanX]

[Dieter3]

Btw, you weren't sure that it is China even in this thread

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/48431-lt-gen-tadamichi-kuribayashi-award/

That was then, this is now. My Jedi powers have increased since then.

Another problem with this photo - it (could be) artificially colored

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If this is the case, I could see such an error being made by the person doing the coloring. The black and white photo is pretty bad and there could be some guesswork going on??? But do you know if he never received a China Incident medal for sure?

[JapanX]

But do you know if he never received a China Incident medal for sure?

I don`t have a list of his medals.

Do you really think I would use this photo if I had one?