Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal 1939 certificate_of_authenticity He joined the Royal Navy

He joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman on June 6

(Issued 1854-1918)

She was also very prominent in recce work

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

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

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A Border Incident War Medal 1939 certificate_of_authenticity He joined the Royal NavyInstituted 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,