Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal 1939 certificate_of_authenticity Four rows of gray embroidery

Four rows of gray embroidery interlaced with fine aluminum wire

Naming on the two clasp Crimea Medal is engraved in capitals

It has remained untouched since it was brought over to Canada

inscribed in Latin ""ADVENTVS AVGVSTI IN AEGYPTVM OB APERIVNDAM FOSSAM SVEZIANAM / MDCCCLXIX"" below

as an injured prisoner of war spending the next seven weeks in hospitals in Germany and in Belgium

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal 1939 certificate_of_authenticity Four rows of gray embroideryInstituted 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,