Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal, C.1940 Newly Listed and joined British naval forces

and joined British naval forces in the Mediterranean where she performed a training role

a Karl Troop Cross

53 mm x 108 mm

Footnote: edging on the tabs is not according to regulations

inside front cover engraved "PRESENTED TO AIR NAVIGATOR J

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal, C.1940 Newly Listed and joined British naval forcesInstituted 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