Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A National Shrine Foundation Medal, C.1940 certificate_of_authenticity original ribbon and as mounted

original ribbon and as mounted on pinback medal bar with Tientsin campaign clasp

and an inscription of “OXYDEX ROSTFREI” indicating stainless steel construction

Parachutist Badge Stickpin (in bronze with red and ultramarine blue enamels

and inherited four river monitors from the Austro-Hungarian Navy

the island was captured by the French

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A National Shrine Foundation Medal, C.1940 certificate_of_authenticity original ribbon and as mountedInstituted 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