Military Japanese Table Medallion.???

[dragnet]

Found this in my local flee market this morning, i havent seen a lot of table medallions produced by the Japanese , so without being able to read the script ill go by the image, im thinking this is an early China war related item going by the early bomber and the chap dead on the floor with a sword, what id really like is a translation of the text please, cheers for now, Pete.

[dragnet]

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[GHP]

Writing reads from right to left (and I've repositioned it left to right:

支那戦争記念
昭和十二年
Shina Sensou Kinen
Shouwa Jyu-ni Nen

China War Rememberance
Showa 12th Year [1937]

--Guy

[dragnet]

Writing reads from right to left (and I've repositioned it left to right:

支那戦争記念
昭和十二年
Shina Sensou Kinen
Shouwa Jyu-ni Nen

China War Rememberance
Showa 12th Year [1937]

--Guy

Cheers once again fella!!!

[GHP]

And regarding the broad sword on the Chinese soldier's back -- the Chinese were first to use swords in the "Great East Asia War"; not the Japanese.

29th Army Hero







image source

YouTube video of Chinese Army broadsword forms.

In the vid they're talking about a 'brave' group of chinese soldiers (of the 29th army) leaded by general song zhe yuan and talking very specific about a man named Zhang jia xuan who killed 7 Japanese soldiers with his dao. Was filmed Sep. 18, 1937

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--Guy

[GeorgeP]

I believe that this medallion came with another to make a set of two. The other has a Japanese officer on the front. The ones that I have seen in the past have a blackened metal with the soldier and officer contrasted in a gold color. I don't know if different styles of this medallion were produced over the course of the war, but it seems as if more than one style has popped up over time.

[JapanX]

Unfortunately this one looks like a fake ...

For more info see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/52...-raise/page-13

Regards,
Nick

[GHP]

Unfortunately this one looks like a fake ...

For more info see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/52...-raise/page-13

Regards,
Nick

What a difference in the details!

That's a crying shame, Pete .....

--Guy

[GHP]

Another image of original detail from the link Nick posted above.



--Guy

[dragnet]

Sorry folks im not a member and cannot see any images.

[JapanX]

Thanks Guy!

[J7W22007]

I used to own one while I was in Canada.

I was once read an article that only little more than 300 such medals were produced.

By the way, the bomber on the medallion is an IJA Mitsubishi Ki-2.

九三式双軽爆撃機 (Kyūsan-shiki Sōkei Bakugeki-ki) - Type 93 Duel Engined Light-bomber.


Painted by artist 小池繁夫　Sigeo Koike.

For reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Ki-2

Regards,
Taka

[GHP]

Well, the images I posted disappeared -- I didn't save them on my computer.

Oh well .........

--Guy

[iecwillow]

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[GHP]

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