Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal 1939 Auction but the deserted city held

but the deserted city held no czarist officials to sue for peace and no great stores of food or supplies to reward the French soldiers for their long march

Footnote: The Order of the Military Star of Fouad I (Fu'ad I) (Nigam al-Askariyal al-Kawkab al-Fu'ad al-Awwal ) was founded December 6

A four-armed cross in silver gilt

on loop for suspension (marked “KO” - for Königliches Münzamt Orden

hallmarked with an eagle's head denoting French-made on the square integral loop

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal 1939 Auction but the deserted city heldInstituted in 1940. In bronze gilt, measuring 30 mm in diameter, residue evident in the recessed areas, spotting, light contact, original ribbon with hook and eye, better than 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