Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal 1939 Archive comes with insignia for Schützenregimentes

comes with insignia for Schützenregimentes 110

circa 1820-30 period manufacture

The fifth postcard illustrates a standing Lieutenant Adam

eight weeks shy of his twentieth birthday

on June 21

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal 1939 Archive comes with insignia for SchützenregimentesInstituted in 1940. In bronze gilt, measuring 30. 3 mm in diameter, edge nicks, scattered gilt wear, spotting, lightly discoloured original ribbon with hook and eye, 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 Union,