Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal, C.1940 Newly Listed with a central raised rosette

with a central raised rosette within a laurel wreath

Footnote: edging on the tabs is not according to regulations

a Karl Troop Cross

53 mm x 108 mm

36mm wingspan

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal, C.1940 Newly Listed with a central raised rosetteInstituted 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