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Award - Heian Shrine
| Location | Japan |
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| Year | 28 (1895) |
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| Composition | Silver plated brass |
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| Obverse description | Scalloped-edge medal featuring two decorative floral and fruiting branches arranged in a wreath-like composition across the field. Two seal-script Chinese characters appear in relief at the upper center, above a further character or emblem below, all set against a plain recessed field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears multi-column Chinese clerical-script inscriptions in bold relief across the plain field, reading the dedication text for the 1100th anniversary commemoration of the transfer of the capital to Heian (Kyoto) and the Heian Shrine association, with the Meiji 28 date inscribed in the lower left. |
| Reverse script | Chinese (traditional, clerical script) |
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