Antique Japanese Ww2 Sterling Silver Medal Patriotic Women'S Association Badge
Antique Japanese Ww2 Sterling Silver Medal Patriotic Women'S Association Badge
ANTIQUE JAPANESE WW2 SILVER MEDAL PATRIOTIC WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION BADGE
Guaranteed to be authentic and original. Patriotic women's association merit badge
Silver washed alloy 1 3/16" diameter medal which has embossed to its obverse, against a pebbled background, a fouled anchor with a five-pointed red enamel star over it, beneath which arch upwards crossed sprays of cherry blossoms. A columns of kanji characters are embossed to the reverse of the badge. It is suspended, through the ring to its top, from a horizontal bar, 3/16" tall and 1 1/16" wide, which is roughly in the form of a scroll, and against which are embossed the three elements of happiness: pine, bamboo and plum blossom. A horizontal pin-back device is crimped to the reverse of this bar. Light age (very minor silver tarnish) is evident throughout. It is nested into the corresponding depression to the navy blue flocked interior base
Having been in storage for over 100 years, it remains in excellent condition