Japan, Imperial. A Rare First War Victory Medal GTRexclude British Red Cross Society Medal

British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service (in bronze gilt

flanked by unit attributions of “1/59”

along with three other ribbon bars (the Army Good Conduct Medal

a silvered centrepiece illustrating a female winged icon fronted by a male Romanesque head

the reverse presents a delicate hatch pattern with a central monogrammed A

Japan, Imperial. A Rare First War Victory Medal GTRexclude British Red Cross Society MedalInstituted in 1920. In bronze, measuring 36. 5 mm in diameter, original ribbon with hook and eye, soldered ring, 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."