Japan. A Border Incident War Medal 1939, Cased Newly Listed under the Military Service Act)

under the Military Service Act)

with a 12 mm wide black leather border along the open end

Lined in red leather on the reverse and inside

NORTH WEST FRONTIER 1935 (2950 SEPOY ABDUL GHANI

Third Edition

Japan. A Border Incident War Medal 1939, Cased Newly Listed under the Military Service Act)China (Manchukuo), Japan; Bronze, unmarked, 30 mm, original ribbon with hook and eye, light contact and spotting, near extremely fine. In its hardshelled case of issue, case also near extremely 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