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Medal - Korea Annexation Commemorative Medal
| Location | Japan |
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| Year | 1912 |
| Type | Award medal |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the Imperial Japanese chrysanthemum crest in high relief at the upper center of the field. Below it, two flowering branches cross one another: a plum blossom branch on the left, symbolizing Korea, and a paulownia branch on the right, symbolizing Japan. The design is rendered in fine cast relief with no legend. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears an inscription in Kanji arranged across the field, reading from top to bottom and right to left. The date of annexation is distributed around the central legend, with the era year at the top and the day and month at the bottom. No additional decorative elements appear in the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | 明治四十三年 韓國併合 記念章 八月二十九日 (Translation: 43rd Year of Meiji (1910) Korea Annexation Commemorative Medal August 29th) |
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