Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal 1939 United Republic of stickpin near extremely fine

stickpin near extremely fine

measuring 91 mm (w) x 91 mm (h)

Ludenscheid) insignia and marked "36" (1936) on the reverse

44" (August 2

(January to June 1942)

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal 1939 United Republic of stickpin near extremely fineInstituted in 1940. In bronze gilt, measuring 30. 3 mm in diameter, edge nicks, scattered gilt wear, spotting, lightly discoloured original ribbon with hook and eye, very fine. Footnote: The medal was instituted in 1940 and commemorates the Nomonhan Incident, a clash with Russia that happened in Manchuria. The Battles of Khalkhyn Gol were the decisive engagements of the undeclared Soviet Japanese border conflicts fought among the Soviet Union,