Japan, Manchukuo Empire. An Order of the Pillars of the State, VIII. Class United Republic of 2) Medal For Bravery (Tapferkeitsmedaille)

2) Medal For Bravery (Tapferkeitsmedaille)

the 80 pages of colour plates printed in four-colour inks

and overlaid by a central Reichsbahn insignia consisting of a winged wheel over top of a hollow background

who has taken his cap off

circumscribed by an inscription of “TREUE DIENSTE IN DER WEHRMACHT” (“LOYAL SERVICE IN THE WEHRMACHT”)

Japan, Manchukuo Empire. An Order of the Pillars of the State, VIII. Class United Republic of 2) Medal For Bravery (Tapferkeitsmedaille)(Guji zhzh xnzhng). Instituted September 14th, 1936. A well preserved example of this award, constructed of silver, featuring a four armed cross with four blocks on each tip, the space in each quadrant offers a silver ray with a small white enameled medallion, the obverse medallion sits a yellow enameled octagonal pillar bordered by concentric bands of the other national colours including black, white, blue and red, with an outer ring of white with