HERE IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL & RARE MEDAL. ABOUT ONE INCH ACROSS. IT WEIGHS 12.5 GRAMS AND FEWELER CALLED IT SOLID GOLD 21-22 KARAT FINE. 900 FINE GOLD 21.5 KARAT (90% GOLD). STRUCK BY THE IMPERIAL MINT OSAKA FROM A DESIGN BY THE BRILLIANT K. TO COMMEMORATE THE THEN-CROWN PRINCE (HIROHITO) TRIP ABROAD IN 1921. ABOARD THE WARSHIP’HATORI. THE’LIVING GOD’ AS HE WAS KNOWN IS ATTIRED HERE AS AN IMPERIAL NAVY ADMIRAL. THE QUALITY OF THIS PIECE – & THE EERILY LIFELIKE MODELING OF THE C. S FACE IN PARTICULAR. AND IN HAND, BREATH-TAKING. TOLD ME THESE GOLD ITERATIONS ARE’QUITE RARE. INDEED, WHILE THE BRONZE AND SILVER TABLE MEDALLIONS, AND THE SILVER MEDAL (ALL OF THE SAME DESIGN). PERIODICALLY, THE’GOLDS’ ARE CONSPICUOUS BY THEIR ABSENCE FROM THE INTERNET. & LIKELY MISSING FROM MOST ADVANCED COLLECTIONS PRIVATE AND PUBLIC. ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO A CURATOR AT THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION’S NUMISMATICS DIV. REPORTED TO ME ITS VAST WORLD-CLASS HOLDINGS DID NOT INCLUDE ONE. SO APPARENTLY THE NUMBER IN EXISTENCE IS VERY, VERY SMALL. CONDITION AS PICTURED: FAINT SURFACE SCRATCHES AND TINY TAPS HERE AND THERE. NOTE THE’900′ RIM MARK. AND EXAMINE ALL THE PHOTOS, PLEASE. THIS, CLEARLY, IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF HISTORY AND. EQUALLY DESIRABLE FOR JAPANESE ROYALTY, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY AND MEDALLIC ART ENTHUSIASTS. The back story fwiw: my dad, an oss intelligence official in wartime burma det. 101, acquired this from a captured japanese army officer. Note 7 days only! Note extreme generous start price! NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE ITEM I USE AN ENVELOPE BIG ENUF FOR A U. CHANGING ADDRESSES AFTER THE SALE IS MADE – ESPECIALLY U. TO FOREIGN – IS UNWELCOME AND SLOWS THE PROCESS ON ALL SIDES. The item “22K GOLD RARE 1921 WW1 JAPAN MEDAL CROWN PRINCE HIROHITO WARSHIP” is in sale since Friday, June 24, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\Japan\Medals, Pins & Ribbons”. The seller is “picwords” and is located in Chevy Chase, Maryland. This item can be shipped to United States, to all countries in Europe, to all countries in continental Asia, to Canada, to Australia.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
