Mongolia, Manchukuo Empire. A National Foundation Merit Medal 1939 Hold Ontario on October 1

Ontario on October 1

straps on the reverse of each

on a black woolen base

2 mm x 34 mm

Mongolia, Manchukuo Empire. A National Foundation Merit Medal 1939 Hold Ontario on October 1Instituted in 1939. In patinated silver with gilt characters, of Japanese manufacture, obverse illustrating a shepherd leading his flock of sheep, with a Mongol tent in the background, inscribed in Chinese and Mongol "For Merit" above, surrounded by a motif incorporating a dragon and clouds, the two symbolic of good fortune, reverse inscribed "Build, Create, Achieve Merit Medal 1939. 9. 1" (September 1, 1939) and "Genghis Khan Era 734th year" in