Imperial Japan, Cased MANCHUKO NOMONHAN Border incident medal.
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Instituted in 1940 and commemorates the Nomonhan incident,a clash with Russia that happened in Manchuria.The Battle of Khalkhyn Gol were the decisive engagements of the undeclared Soviet-Japanese border conflicts fought among the Soviet Union, Mongolia,Japan and Manchukuo in 1939.The conflict was named after the river Khalkhyn Gol,which passes through the Battlefield. In Japan battle known as the Nomonhan Incident after a nearby village on border between Mongolia and Manchuria. The battles resulted in the defeat of the Japanese Sixth Army,which incurred 18 000 casualties in the process.ZHUKOV the future Marshall and Red Army commander soundly defeat the Japanese-something Hitler foolishly chose to ignore. Bronze medal in excellent condition, comes complete with original case. Scarce.