Please help to identify bronze table medal

[Byzanti]

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[Byzanti]

Hello all- am posting this for Andy aka militarynut aka alfred213, it's a bronze table medal- any help identifying is greatly appreciated!

[GHP]

Reverse:
住友歌志内青年團
Sumitomo Utashinai Seinen Dan
Sumitomo Utashinai Youth Group

陸軍特別大演習
rikugun tokubetsu dai enshū
Army Special Grand Maneuvers

昭和十一年
Shōwa jū ichi-nen
1936

There is something under the date, but too small to read.

The front shows a map of Hokkaido -- where the exercises were held that year.


--Guy

[imperialjapan]

Reverse:
住友歌志内青年團
Sumitomo Utashinai Seinen Dan
Sumitomo Utashinai Youth Group

陸軍特別大演習
rikugun tokubetsu dai enshū
Army Special Grand Maneuvers

昭和十一年
Shōwa jū ichi-nen
1936

There is something under the date, but too small to read.

The front shows a map of Hokkaido -- where the exercises were held that year.


--Guy

Under the date is the Japan Mint hallmark: 造幣局製
This must have been a whopper of a maneuvers based on the number and variety of commemorative items (mostly these kinds of medals and smaller badges) I have seen. This kind of medal was not awarded--it was available for purchase by the general public, another indication of how big/important it must have been.

See this page on my site, toward the bottom, for a few more examples:
http://imperialjapanmedalsandbadges....maneuvers.html

[alfred213]

army maneuvers medal

hi members
thank you so much for identifing this army maneuvers medal and the link to your site very intresting indeed . last is there much value to this medal it seems solid bronze and very detailed please let me know many thanks andy militarynut

[imperialjapan]

Under the date is the Japan Mint hallmark: 造幣局製
This must have been a whopper of a maneuvers based on the number and variety of commemorative items (mostly these kinds of medals and smaller badges) I have seen. This kind of medal was not awarded--it was available for purchase by the general public, another indication of how big/important it must have been.

See this page on my site, toward the bottom, for a few more examples:
http://imperialjapanmedalsandbadges....maneuvers.html

Answer to myself--usually these medals were purchased to general public, but the one shown above was almost certainly privately ordered by the named youth group to be given out to the group members.