Japan, Imperial. A Rare First War Victory Medal Auction West Vancouver and the University

West Vancouver and the University of British Columbia

light contact and sticker residue evident on the reverse of the Grand Cross

below a large stylized lily

the lid bearing a gilt German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Japan, Imperial. A Rare First War Victory Medal Auction West Vancouver and the UniversityInstituted 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." Roughly 700,000 were awarded.