02-02-2012, 05:00 PM
CtahhR Wrote:Not too bad a price... These certainly don't seem to be as rare as thought last year. I've seen 8/9 of them for sale alone in the last year. All of them always look to be in perfect unworn condition.
Yes, well, the one that was in this group may well show up again on Ebay. The seller did not know what it was, and the buyer of the lot may have simply wanted one or more of the Japanese items. What made it interesting to me was the presence of the ribbon bar in the case, which was the first time I've seen that,
I would imagine that the ribbon bars may be worn on suits in Japan with some frequency by the recipients, but that the actual medals themselves only come out of the case for special occasions. Maybe that's why the medals always look to be in excellent condition, but the ribbon bars are missing?
