Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A National Shrine Foundation Medal, C.1940 Auction his father's birthday)

his father's birthday)

green wool base presenting three machine-embroidered oak leaves and a single acorn in green rayon threads

Army - Prisoner of War Information Bureau in France

in command of the army

the reverse presenting with a central medallion composed of a crowned royal coat of arms in Gold

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A National Shrine Foundation Medal, C.1940 Auction his father's birthday)Instituted in 1940. In silver, measuring 30. 5 mm in diameter, scattered tarnishing, light contact, original ribbon with hook and eye, better than very fine. Footnote: In 1935, the Special Service Bureau of the Kwantung Army announced plans to build a Shinto shine in Manchukuo, to ""promote friendship between Japan and Manchukuo, and dedicated to the Sun Goddess, the Emperor Meiji, and the Manchu ancestors"". During the war years, the Japanese Army