China Incident medals

[Marcel60]

Dear all,

 

Part of my small Japanese medals collection: two medals relating to the '1937-1945 China Incident'. One very common, the other apparently slightly less common though not rare.

 

The China Incident medal came in a case including wrapping paper, the commemorative medal is of course uncased.

 

Hopefully they are both OK ;-).

 

Greetings,

Marcel

[JapanX]

On 19/01/2024 at 15:53, Marcel60 said:

 

... the commemorative medal is of course uncased.

 

Wrapping paper would be a correct "case" for the commemorative one. 

 

Medal looks original. Only the ribbon of commemorative is a modern replacement and suspension ring could be resoldered/glued.

 

 

 

 

[Aniki]

What is the weight of less common one?

[Marcel60]

On 21/01/2024 at 02:51, JapanX said:

...suspension ring could be resoldered/glued.

 

Thanks for your opinion. I think the suspension ring was resoldered. The look of whatever holds it together is like silvery metal.

 

On 21/01/2024 at 11:54, Aniki said:

What is the weight of less common one?

 

Including the ribbon the commemorative medal weighs 17.5 gr. The 'war' medal 28.4 gr.

 

I cannot remove the ribbons, but if I try to support the ribbon then the medals weigh around 16.3 gr and 25.7 gr. Very inaccurate obviously 😉

 

Greetings,

Marcel

[Aniki]

Appreciate, cheers