Japan. A Red Cross Society Men's Membership Medal GTRexclude Yangtze Service Medal

Yangtze Service Medal

numbered "170" on the obverse

Illinois) and Mary Allen (later of Winnipeg

obverse illustrating the left-facing bust of Dr

with the imperial crown on the twelve o’clock arm

Japan. A Red Cross Society Men's Membership Medal GTRexclude Yangtze Service MedalIn silver, unmarked, measuring 29. 5 mm, original ribbon with hook and eye, tarnishing evident on the reverse, near extremely fine. Footnote: The forerunner of the Japanese Red Cross Society, the Hakuaisha (Philanthropic Society) was founded in 1877 by Court Tsunetami Sano, to help those who were wounded in the Satsuma Rebellion earlier that year. Japan signed the Geneva Convention in 1886 and in the following year, the Hakuaisha changed its name to