Kana on Medals and Swords
Article about: Hoping to see if anyone knows the signficance and/or meaning of the kana on the ring attachment of these Red Cross Society medals. There are several pictures, so I'll post the link and then
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I can’t help with the kana カ on the blades of Navy swords, but the kana on the ring attachments of the Red Cross medals must be maker marks. In fact, Japan X in the second page of his article shows that the kanji 大 which appears on some Red Cross medals is an abbreviation of 大橋 “Oohashi”, a supplier to the Japanese Red Cross which was located in Shitaya, which is currently the area around Ueno in Tokyo. Although the number has somewhat diminished, there are still many shops which make commemorative medals, badges, etc. per order in Japan and some of them must have won contracts to strike and supply medals to the Red Cross in the old days. Considering the large number of such shops, it is only natural that they be required to mark their goods with their hallmarks to distinguish it from the products made by other shops in case of quality issues.
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