Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal, C.1940 Buy Now City of Canton

City of Canton

marked with the Diana's head (Dianakopf) hallmark

The decree provided for retroactive award to the beginning of the Great East Asia War

as well as metal fittings for adjustment

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal, C.1940 Buy Now City of CantonInstituted in 1940. In bronze gilt, measuring 30. 2 mm in diameter, spotting, light contact, lightly soiled original ribbon with hook and eye, better than 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, Mongolia, Japan