J004657 (IJA) CASED 1937 CHINA INCIDENT MEDAL.

Established in 1939 and awarded to Japanese soldiers departing for service in the undeclared war against China (hence, "incident"). The 2 3/8" x 4 3/8" x 13/16", black, hardshell presentation case has stamped to its convex cover, in silver, eight vertically arranged kanji characters. The interior base is lined in a navy blue flocking and features a depression which follows the contours of the medal and ribbon. The 1 3/16" diameter bronze medal itself features, to its obverse, the mythical giant crow "yata-no-karasu" flanked by two Rising Sun flags, whose upwardly-stretched wings encompass a sixteen-lobed Imperial chrysanthemum, with radiating lines as the backdrop. To the reverse are three stylized mountains above a cloud bank, against which are four horizontally arranged kanji characters, and beneath which, in the foreground, is stylized water. The swiveling hanger connected to the top of the medal features abstract foliage as its pattern, and is itself connected to a swiveling, horizontal bar, through which the ribbon passes. To the front of this bar is a horizontal plate, upon which are embossed four kanji characters, which translate roughly as "war medal." The 1 1/2" wide, watered silk ribbon has a narrow, vertical red stripe to its center, flanked by wider pink stripes, then even wider stripes in yellow, then narrow light blue, and, to its outside edges, narrow navy blue stripes. These represent, respectively, loyalty, the blood-stained soil of China, the Army, the Air Force, and the Navy. The 2 1/4" tall ribbon folds over 1 5/8" of the way up, where the alloy hook to its uppermost edge then mates with an alloy eye sewn to the mid-point of its reverse. Nice untouched example.

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