100% ORIGINAL & AUTHENTIC. IN ORIGINAL BOX WITH ORIGINAL LANYARD! EXCELLENT CONDITION ANTIQUE FROM MEIJI 38 WHICH WAS IN 1905. THIS BADGE WAS MADE TO COMMEMORATE PARTICIPATION IN THE 1904-1905 RUSSO-JAPAN WAR. COMPASS FULLY FUNCTIONING, USUALLY THEY ARE BROKEN. JAPAN WON THAT WAR, AT THE TIME IT WAS COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED BECAUSE RUSSIA WAS A HUGE IMPERIAL POWER. JAPAN WAS DEFINITELY THE UNDERDOG, COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATED THE WIN. AN IMPORTANT HARD TO FIND BADGE. MEASURES 4 X 2.5 CENTIMETERS.
I WILL COMBINE SHIPPING.
UPS AIRMAIL SHIPPING FROM JAPAN IS $28.00 TO THE UNITED STATES.
$15.00 FOR FAST AIRMAIL SHIPPING TO THE UK, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, GERMANY AND FRANCE.