Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A National Foundation Merit Medal United Republic of and the Heavy Machine Guns

and the Heavy Machine Guns 34 and 42

marked on reverse with maker code “L/11” for Wilhelm Deumer

Footnote: Father: Thomas Henry Fowles was born on April 8

he spent two months in Japan on a refresher course

in order to give the wearer the option to hang the tunic from a hook

Japan, Occupied Manchukuo. A National Foundation Merit Medal United Republic of and the Heavy Machine GunsInstituted 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