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dar76124 Valued Member United States 395 Posts	Posted 11/07/2021 09:30 am Anyone know what this might be? 26mm, 7.2 grams Report this Post to the Staff

westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 11/07/2021 12:31 pm All I can find is the engraver is likely I. Sato (Japanese) here is one of his medallions very similar style of engraving. https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=l...349&lot=2065 Trying to guess flags: United Kingdom, USA, Japan, France/Italy/Belgium? and I have no idea on the last one. I'd guess from the overall design it's a peace medal or from a international treaty/summit event possibly. I doesn't look too old, need to find someone that reads Kanji/Japanese. I can find that a "Mr. I. Sato" was the engraver to the Imperial Mint of Japan I think around late 1920's and on. I found it in an British Numismatic Society proceedings paper. Quote: Proceedings of the Society. which it was interesting to notice was in English, was DR. YOSHIMASA KOGA F C S CHIEF OF THE OPERATIVE DEPARTMENT 43 YEARS IN THE SERVICE OF THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE MINT CHIEF ASSAYER FOR 35 YEARS 1923 in eleven lines across the field, tire workmanship of Mr. I. Sato, Engraver to the Mint. This, as Mr. Hattori explained in his letter, was the eighth of a series of portrait medals issued from the Mint of Japan during the last twelve years. A vote of thanks, moved from the Chair, was passed for this interesting gift. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Edited by westcoin 11/07/2021 12:46 pm Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 11/07/2021 1:12 pm I'm currently recovering in hospital from a stroke and a scrambled brain but believe this to be a 1919 ish red cross medal.I have sold one. try imperialjapanmedalsand badges Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 11/07/2021 6:56 pm Quote: Trying to guess flags: United Kingdom, USA, Japan, France/Italy/Belgium? and I have no idea on the last one. The medal engraver has used a version of the Petra-Sancta hatching system for depicting colours on monochrome objects, though you have to rotate the medal 90 degrees to make the flags the "right way up" to make it work. The bottom two flags are Italy on the left (green, white, red stripes with royal coat of arms in centre) and France on the right (blue, white, red). Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 11/08/2021 09:56 am Thanks Sap! I figured it was something like that. I knew the flags were rotated 90 degrees but the Italy threw me as I've never seen that coat of arms like that displayed on the flag. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
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