Mongolia, Manchukuo Empire. A National Foundation Merit Medal 1939 Hold on a black woolen base

on a black woolen base

It was re-designated the "44th New Brunswick Battalion" and was disbanded on September 15

67 mm x 76 mm)

straps on the reverse of each

Ontario on October 1

Mongolia, Manchukuo Empire. A National Foundation Merit Medal 1939 Hold on a black woolen baseInstituted 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