Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A National Shrine Foundation Medal, C.1940 Hold 1) A Prussian War Merit

1) A Prussian War Merit Medal for Combatants (1870-1871)

- In zinc

with a mint and unused period-original ribbon and an equally mint “Hoheitszeichen” (national eagle for ribbon attachment)

one is lightly soiled

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A National Shrine Foundation Medal, C.1940 Hold 1) A Prussian War MeritInstituted 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