A 1904-1905 Russian Imperial Japanese War Campaign Medal
A 1904-1905 Russian Imperial Japanese War Campaign Medal - Dark bronze version, 28 mm, perhaps ground recovered, fair. Footnote: The medal was instituted on January 21, 1906 during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II, to commemorate the 1904-1905 conflict between the Russian and the Japanese Empires. The dark bronze medal was awarded to medical and clerical personnel that had been on active duty in the eastern Siberian regions adjacent to the territories declared as a war zone.

