Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal 1939 certificate_of_authenticity inscribed in Latin ""ADVENTVS AVGVSTI

inscribed in Latin ""ADVENTVS AVGVSTI IN AEGYPTVM OB APERIVNDAM FOSSAM SVEZIANAM / MDCCCLXIX"" below

(Issued 1854-1918)

Chief Technician

as an injured prisoner of war spending the next seven weeks in hospitals in Germany and in Belgium

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal 1939 certificate_of_authenticity inscribed in Latin ""ADVENTVS AVGVSTIInstituted 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,