Japan, Empire. A First War Victory Medal Newly Listed constructed red pebbled plastic

constructed red pebbled plastic

edged on top and bottom with large golden cello oakleaves

The Battalion sailed January 21

obverse inscribed “Es wird künftig nur noch einen Adel geben - Adel der Arbeit” (Soon there will only one kind of nobility - Nobility of labour”

Iiams was born in 1920 and a native of Ohio

Japan, Empire. A First War Victory Medal Newly Listed constructed red pebbled plasticInstituted in 1920. In bronze, measuring 36. 5 mm in diameter, original ribbon with hook and eye, extremely fine. Footnote: The Victory Medal was established by Imperial Edict No. 406 on September 17, 1920, to be awarded to "military personnel who served with merit and zeal between August 23, 1914 and January 9, 1920."