Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A National Shrine Foundation Medal, C.1940 Auction Archive Constructed of blackened metal (magnetic)

Constructed of blackened metal (magnetic)

all of Royal Air Force bomber groups

Footnote: This badge is the smaller version

in box of issue (bottom marked "RZM M1/128)

on ribbon bar for suspension

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A National Shrine Foundation Medal, C.1940 Auction Archive Constructed of blackened metal (magnetic)Instituted in 1940. In silver, measuring 30. 5 mm in diameter, scattered tarnishing, light contact, original ribbon with hook and eye, better than very fine. Footnote: In 1935, the Special Service Bureau of the Kwantung Army announced plans to build a Shinto shine in Manchukuo, to ""promote friendship between Japan and Manchukuo, and dedicated to the Sun Goddess, the Emperor Meiji, and the Manchu ancestors"". During the war years, the Japanese Army