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Medal - Opening of Japan's Railway 100th Anniversary
| Location | Japan |
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| Year | 47 (1972) |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a detailed relief depicting an early Meiji-era steam locomotive in the foreground juxtaposed with the nose of a modern Shinkansen bullet train to its left, symbolising a century of Japanese railway progress. A stylised chrysanthemum wheel emblem appears in the upper right of the field. The legend and date are inscribed along the lower portion of the medal. |
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| Obverse script | Japanese (Kanji) |
| Obverse lettering | 鉄道開通百年記念 昭和四十七年 (Translation: 100th Anniversary of the Opening of the Railway Showa 47) |
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