Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal 1939 Auction Archive and two metal stars

and two metal stars

Siberian Cossacks in white with a yellow top

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Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal 1939 Auction Archive and two metal starsInstituted in 1940. In bronze gilt, measuring 30. 3 mm in diameter, edge nicks, scattered gilt wear, spotting, lightly discoloured original ribbon with hook and eye, 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,