Help with I.D. of medal.

[Green5]

Hello: I have tried to do some research on this medal but have come up empty. Any ideas? Any help help would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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[GeorgeP]

Interesting!

This medal was given out as a gift by this company (company name on the back):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan%27...D_K%C5%8Dhatsu


The front kanji escapes me, maybe others can add to it.

Tom

[imperialjapan]

Front reads 'championship' or 'superb,' something like that. It is 優, most often seen in 優勝 (yuushou), meaning championship. Perhaps the company had some sort of athletic event or a competition of some sort and gave this as a prize.

[Green5]

Thank you for your help. A very interesting article on the company. The medal is well made out of bronze with very nice detail. A neat piece of history solved with your help. Thanks again.