Japan, Empire. A Pair of Tsuka Republic of the reverse with a raised

the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flat vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch

with a central stylized lightning bolt emanating from a cloud and striking the ground

presented on a 44 mm-long (non-magnetic) medal bar with horizontal pinback

with a national eagle constructed of golden yellow machine embroidery

Footnote: When war came in 1914

Japan, Empire. A Pair of Tsuka Republic of the reverse with a raised1. With shark skin wrapped wooden same hada, with blue tsuka Ito, tightly wrapped, with menuki in copper on either side, with kashira in shakudo, depicting farming motif with gold overlay; 2. With shark skin wrapped wooden same hada, with teal tsuka Ito, tightly wrapped, with matching menuki in shakudo with gold overlay, kashira in shakudo, depicting civil motif with gold overlay and copper collars, Fuchi also in shakudo with gold overlay and