Catalog
Medal - Constitution Medal
| Location | Japan |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | A hen with wings spread protectively over a chick standing to its right, rendered in high relief against a radiating sunburst background with clouds. In the lower left field, a depiction of the National Diet Building of Japan. A small engraver's seal appears in the lower right field. The legend in Japanese characters arcs around the upper periphery. |
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| Obverse script | CJK |
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| Reverse description | A stylized seedling or young plant with two leaves and visible roots, growing from a background of horizontal parallel lines evoking water or wave patterns. The date 1946 is inscribed at the lower field, divided on either side of the plant's roots. |
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