Mongolia, People's Republic; Manchukuo Empire. An Inner Mongolia National Foundation Merit Medal GTRexclude retaining a Feldpost envelope posted

retaining a Feldpost envelope posted on 8 January 1942

facing three reinforced button holes on the left

QEII issue

nickel-plated ornate-designed fittings at the throat are held in place via single screws on either side

290 mm in length

Mongolia, People's Republic; Manchukuo Empire. An Inner Mongolia National Foundation Merit Medal GTRexclude retaining a Feldpost envelope postedInstituted in 1939. In silver with a gilt insignia, obverse illustrating a shepherd with a flock of sheep, with a Mongolian yurt in the background at the right, Uyghur and Chinese gilt characters for "Merit" above the landscape, encircled by two dragons and auspicious clouds, reverse with Uyghur and Chinese characters for "Genghis Khan Era 734th Year, 9th Month, 1st Day, Inception of Foundation Merit Medal" (to indicate its "free" Mongolian character,