Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal, C.1940 Buy Now with a push pin attachment

with a push pin attachment

inscribed "SOUVENIR OF THE" above and "GREAT WAR" below

in recognition of his meritorious participation in the Expedition to China

causing him to limp slightly

(Friedrichs-Orden Bruststern zum Großkreuz)

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal, C.1940 Buy Now with a push pin attachmentInstituted 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