Japan. A Red Cross Society Men's Membership Medal Auction Archive Medical History of an Invalid

Medical History of an Invalid and Discharge Certificate

in gilded tombac and enamel

(for Rudolf Karneth & Shne

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

5 Canadian Field Ambulance on January 12

Japan. A Red Cross Society Men's Membership Medal Auction Archive Medical History of an InvalidIn 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