Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A National Foundation Merit Medal Newly Listed missing its roesette)

missing its roesette)

War Merit Cross Second Class - Bronze gilt

Footnote: The Order of May was created as an Order of Merit by Decree No

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war versus peace

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A National Foundation Merit Medal Newly Listed missing its roesette)Instituted in 1933. In blackened bronze, measuring 30. 3 mm in diameter, edge nicks, very light contact, original ribbon with hook and eye, near extremely fine. Footnote: The National Foundation Merit Medal was instituted on March 1, 1933, to acknowledge those who had been instrumental in establishing the new "independent" Great Manchu State. In 1934, it became the "Great Manchu Empire" and this medal was thus the first and last decoration of the