Japan, Occupied. A Japanese Homma Medal, Philippines Expedition Commemoration, Type II, c.1943 Buy Now resulting in him being awarded

resulting in him being awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the German Eagle in Gold

82 mm x 90 mm

leather tab with a very smooth-finished dark brown upper stitched in place on the underside at the right end

Berlin" on the inside lid

A participation certificate for the 3rd HJ Reichsberufswettkampf (Reich Vocational Contest) of 1936

Japan, Occupied. A Japanese Homma Medal, Philippines Expedition Commemoration, Type II, c.1943 Buy Now resulting in him being awardedIssued by Homma Masaharu. A silver medal bearing a Japanese soldier on the obverse with inscription (translation: Philippines Expedition Commemoration Imperial Year 2602), and reverse with a poem and two coconut trees, measuring at 35. 5mm in diameter, weighs 18. 4 grams,a rare medal in very fine condition. Footnote: Homma Masaharu (1887 1946) was the Commander of the Japanese 14th Army which invaded the Philippines just days after the attack on Pearl