Japan, Empire. A First War Victory Medal Newly Listed Volunteer Units of the Union

Volunteer Units of the Union Defence Force Attestation Papers

constructed red pebbled plastic

Iiams was born in 1920 and a native of Ohio

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

The Battalion sailed January 21

Japan, Empire. A First War Victory Medal Newly Listed Volunteer Units of the UnionInstituted 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."