Those are some nice finds!
Sorry, I have not being playing at all since I restarted the working on the names project. I have you mods downloaded and installed in JSGME, but have not played recently. I've been mostly researching Japanese rank and badges. It was a tough system to follow. With several sources saying one thing and several others saying different. Different ranks, different spellings, and on top of that the system was changed shortly after WW2 began. Sources would have some ranks, but not others...It was a mess...I finally nailed down a system, I believe to be near historically correct. or at least one I am comfortable with.
When I first started this project, I too, had been looking at medals. But I put that on the very back burner for several reasons. 1. A genuine lack of information concerning awards going to naval personnel. This seems to be that the just did not get them. Zenji Orita made mention of recieving, IIRC, the Order of Merit 1st and 2nd Class and a ceremonial sword, but that was towards the end of the war. Tameichi Hara, I don't recall even mentioning any medal in his book "Japanese Destroyer Captain." Even Saburo Sakai had little to show for his tremendous effort. 2. A lack of any real specifics on what it took to earn said medals. However, I have no doubt that something can and will be worked out!
Some other Japanese medal sites:
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-...medals-ww2.htm
http://www.xavierb.org/japan/index.html