Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A National Foundation Merit Medal Newly Listed Collar Tab of Reichsbahn Staff

Collar Tab of Reichsbahn Staff

66 mm (w) x 61

Significant deterioration is evident to the eagle insignia

attending opening ceremonies

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A National Foundation Merit Medal Newly Listed Collar Tab of Reichsbahn StaffInstituted in 1933. In blackened bronze, measuring 30. 3 mm in diameter, edge nicks, very light contact, original ribbon with hook and eye, near extremely fine. Footnote: The National Foundation Merit Medal was instituted on March 1, 1933, to acknowledge those who had been instrumental in establishing the new "independent" Great Manchu State. In 1934, it became the "Great Manchu Empire" and this medal was thus the first and last decoration of the