Japan. A Red Cross Society Men's Membership Medal Auction Archive obverse illustrating a left-facing Queen

obverse illustrating a left-facing Queen Mary and King George V

5 Canadian Field Ambulance on January 12

marked "585" (Gold) on the edge

in gilded tombac and enamel

marked L/21 on pin for Förster & Barth

Japan. A Red Cross Society Men's Membership Medal Auction Archive obverse illustrating a left-facing QueenIn silver, unmarked, measuring 29. 5 mm, original ribbon with hook and eye, tarnishing evident on the reverse, near extremely fine. Footnote: The forerunner of the Japanese Red Cross Society, the Hakuaisha (Philanthropic Society) was founded in 1877 by Court Tsunetami Sano, to help those who were wounded in the Satsuma Rebellion earlier that year. Japan signed the Geneva Convention in 1886 and in the following year, the Hakuaisha changed its name to