Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A National Shrine Foundation Medal, C.1940 Auction the Iron Cross 1939 First

the Iron Cross 1939 First Class depicts attractive patina with moderate signs of wear on the blackened core

Footnote: The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Latin: Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Salomonici)

A War Merit Medal

green wool base presenting three machine-embroidered oak leaves and a single acorn in green rayon threads

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A National Shrine Foundation Medal, C.1940 Auction the Iron Cross 1939 FirstInstituted 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