J009658 CASED 1900 "BOXER REBELLION" WAR MEDAL. The 1 3/16" diameter, copper-colored bronze medal features, to its obverse, what appears to be a peacock (the "ho-o"), whose upwardly-stretched wings encompass four stylized kanji characters translating to "War Medal," above which is a sixteen-petaled Imperial Chrysanthemum. Two rows of kanji characters are embossed to its reverse, that to the top translating to "Great Japanese Empire," and that to the bottom to "Meiji era 33rd Year" (1900). This medal, established in April of 1901, commemorates Japanese involvement in the Allied Relief Expedition to rescue foreigners trapped in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion. A swiveling hanger is connected to its top, which is itself then connected to a swiveling horizontal bar, through which the ribbon is looped. To the face of the bar is embossed a row of four kanji characters, apparently translating to "China Incident." The 1 7/16" wide, watered silk ribbon is light blue with three, equidistantly spaced white vertical stripes. An elongated, vertical alloy hook is to its top, which folds down and mates with an alloy eye sewn near the base of its reverse. The ribbon exhibits moderate age soiling, although the medal itself is only lightly age soiled. They are nested into corresponding depressions to the red flocked interior base of its original presentation case. The flocking is moderately nap worn. The 2 1/4" x 4 1/8" x 13/16" softwood case, which separates along its sides, has a column of gold kanji characters stamped to its cover, the upper six characters being a repetition of the lower row to the reverse of the medal, and its lower four characters are repetitions of those to the obverse of the medal. The exterior of the case is moderately age soiled, with very noticeable dark stains to its cover, which is also missing its left side panel. There is a repair the where the medal attaches to the medal loop.

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