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Manchukuo National Shrine Foundation Commemorative Medal, 1940. The face with a shrine in classical style; the reverse inscribed in characters’Kang Teh 7th year / National Foundation Sacred Shrine Foundation Commemorative Medal / 7th Month 15th Day’; on original ribbon with hook and eye fittings. Having invaded Manchuria in 1931 and established a puppet regime, the occupying Japanese Imperial Kwantung (or Guandong) Army built a shrine known as the National Foundation Sacred Shrine in the national palace in Hsinking to symbolise Japanese imperial power and’Japanese-Manchurian friendship’. The shrine was opened on 15 July 1940 and this rare medal was struck to commemorate the event. We are long-established specialist dealers in orders and medals of the world. We offer only genuine original items. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War II (1939-1945)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “medal-medaille” and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
- Era: 1914-1945
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
- Conflict: World War II (1939-1945)
- Country/ Organization: Japan
- Type: Medals & Ribbons