Japan, Empire. A 1964 Olympic Participation Medal visually-hidden with evidence of something having

with evidence of something having been severed from the award along the bottom edge

the Master of Skirmish Warfare

Early fine quality

but with contact marks

most likely of French manufacture

Japan, Empire. A 1964 Olympic Participation Medal visually-hidden with evidence of something havingInstituted 1964. Composed of copper with a dark green finish, the participation medal is round with the obverse presenting three stylized runners and one stylized swimmer with a laurel branch in the center, the reverse is engraved XIII OLYMPIAD TOKYO 1964 with the Olympic mark of five rings in the center, measures 61. 3mm in diameter, weighs 117. 9 grams, marked NAIGAI ART INC on rim, notable edge bruise on reverse at 8 oclock, small area of damage to