Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal, C.1940 Buy Now inscribed "SOUVENIR OF THE" above

inscribed "SOUVENIR OF THE" above and "GREAT WAR" below

In die stamped steel (magnetic)

(Friedrichs-Orden Bruststern zum Großkreuz)

Footnote: Reginald Mashford was born on September 19

13 mm (w) x 53

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal, C.1940 Buy Now inscribed "SOUVENIR OF THE" aboveInstituted 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