Japanese Metal Cranes vase, Translation help needed.

Hi all,
I picked this up at my favorite thrift the other day and was hoping to get some help as to what it was, A trophy? I have tried Google translate several times. I get Three different versions.
Medal of Honor Yoshiaki Matsuo
Medal with ribbon " "
Medal with Yellow ribbon " "
If someone can translate the actual writing it would help and be much appreciated.
Vase is 8 1/2" tall and a white metal with gold that is wearing off. Gives it character!
Mikey

 

According to Google, it's Japanese:
Medal with Yellow Ribbon Yoshiaki Matsuo

Whether that's correct or not, I can't say. Doesn't seem right...

 

Yes, that was the one that comes up the most. I didn't think it was correct either.
Mikey

 

It may be that the ribbon was an award for their work, the rest being their name, but I can't find any good references. Japanese can be written in different directs too, but I can't seem to make that fit either. Here is the text for reference. 松尾慶昭 黄綬褒章

Formatted this way 黄松綬尾 褒慶章昭 Akira Hokei, no references, in Chinese it's Ponderosa Pine Tail, Baoqing Zhangzhao

 

Don't we have a Japanese Translater on the board?
Mikey

 

You could scroll through this volunteer translator thread.

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/calling-all-translators.27668/

 

I did. @ludovic hasn't been around since 2019. I didn't see any others.