Unofficial Imperial Rescript on Education Commemorative Medal/教育勅語記念章

About Imperial Rescript on Education (and related objects) see https://asiamedals.info/threads/pendants-with-the-imperial-rescript-on-education.22979

Gilded silver version.

Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner.

Reverse

教育敕語紀念章 - Imperial Rescript on Education Commemorative Medal

恭案勅語- Respectfully Proposed Imperial Rescript

之主上日聖意疔存山高水清萬世永萬世不渝 - Divine Lord of the Sun will Last Forever, as High as the Mountains and as Clear as the Waters

 

These unofficial medals were manufactured by the famous workshop of Suzuki Umekichi /鈴木梅吉製/ in Tokyo during 1890s. Medals were available in pure silver, gilded silver, gilded metal and silvered metal. Diameter of these medals 30 mm.

Illustration from the original advertising leaflet of Suzuki workshop. Note that ribbon had the same color scheme as official 1889 the Imperial Constitution Promulgation Commemorative Medal.

Leaflet.

 

Silvered metal version.

Original case with Suzuki Umekichi stamp inside.

 

Gilded medal version.

Ribbon has the same color scheme as official 1889 the Imperial Constitution promulgation commemorative medal.

 

Different Suzuki-made medal that used the same design of obverse https://asiamedals.info/threads/mei...of-1894-1895-welcoming-committee-medal.29382/