Japan. A Red Cross Society Men's Membership Medal Auction Archive Canada only)

Canada only)

5 Canadian Field Ambulance on January 12

joining them the following day

where he was posted to the Canadian Engineer Reinforcement Depot at Seaford on January 18

Japan. A Red Cross Society Men's Membership Medal Auction Archive Canada only)In 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